Plot Elements
Beginning of a plot diagram that include characters and setting.
What is exposition?
Central topic, subject or message in a narrative
What is theme?
Words in italics
What are stage directions?
How I feel when I read a text
What is mood?
Words in bold
What are character's names?
Turning point of a story
What is climax?
Central theme for Roger in "Thank You Ma'am"
What is Man-vs-Self?
Words characters read
What are lines?
How the author felt writing a text/book
What is tone?
Main character in "Searching for Whales"
Who is Sophia?
When everything wraps up and comes together
What is resolution?
love, redemption, forgiveness, coming of age, revenge, good vs evil, bravery and hardship.
What are some examples of theme?
Sometimes called a play
What is a drama?
Tone is most closely related to
What is emotion?
Words in brackets
What are stage directions?
When the story begins and things start happening
What is rising action?
The main idea around which a particular piece of writing or speech revolves
What is theme?
Person who reads parts that tell what other characters are doing
What is the narrator?
Author's Feelings
What is tone?
The part of the script the actors read?
What are lines?
When events in the story start settling down
What is falling action?
Theme of "Thank You Ma'am"
What is Man-vs-Man
Characters in a drama
What is a cast?
Reader's Feelings
What is mood?
The paper the play is on.
What is a script?