The Westing Game
Literary Terms
Conflicts
Art
Freytag's Pyramid
100

Which character was the burglar?

Madame Hoo

100

What is the term for the main character of a story?

Protagonist

100

What type of conflict sees the protagonist struggling with bad weather?

Character vs Setting

100

What is the name of the drawing style that utilizes large heads, basic body shapes, and simple arms and legs?

Ivan Brunetti

100

What part of Freytag's Pyramid sees the conflict get worse and worse for the protagonist?

Rising Action

200

Which character was the bookie?

Jake Wexler

200

What is the term for the character who causes problems for the main character?

Antagonist

200

What type of conflict sees the protagonist struggling with an antagonist?

Character vs Character

200

What is the name for the twelve symbols that an artist can utilize to draw pretty much anything?

Visual Alphabet

200

What part of Freytag's Pyramid sees the conflict winding down for the protagonist?

Falling Action

300

Which character was the mistake?

Sydelle Pulaski

300

What is the term for where and when a story takes place?

Setting

300

What type of the conflict sees the protagonist struggling with a computer virus?

Character vs Technology

300

What is the name for the line in a drawing where the ground meets the sky?

Horizon Line

300

What part of Freytag's Pyramid correlates with the part of the story that introduces the protagonist and the setting?

Introduction

400
Which character was the bomber?

Angela Wexler

400

What is the term for the moral, lesson, or message of a story?

Theme

400

What type of conflict sees the protagonist struggling with their own anxiety?

Character vs Self

400

What animal became the protagonist of the comics we created at the beginning of the year?

Crow

400

What part of Freytag's Pyramid indicates that the story has reached its highest point of tension?

Climax

500

Which character was secretly a detective?

Otis Amber

500

What is the term for the type or category of a story?

Genre

500

What type of conflict sees the protagonist struggling against ghosts?

Character vs the Supernatural

500

What is the name of the drawing process in which an artist begins a drawing by utilizing large shapes, then adding medium-sized details, then adding small details to finish?

Big, Middle, Little

500

What part of Freytag's Pyramid indicates that the major conflict of the story has just happened?

Inciting Incident

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