Plot Diagrams
Turning point of the story.
Climax
A problem that the characters in a story face.
Conflict
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Alliteration
This is the land where Peter Pan takes the Darling children.
Neverland
(adj.) Extremely well known, famous or renowned.
Legendary
Resolution begins; events and complications start to fall into place.
Falling Action
The main character in a story.
Protagonist
It is raining cats and dogs.
Hyperbole
A wrongfully convicted young Yelnats boy is given the choice between jail and this place in a barren desert.
Camp Green Lake
(n.) Lawful power or right to exercise official authority.
Jurisdiction
Final outcome of events in the story.
Resolution
Opposes the main character.
Antagonist
He is as slow as a snail.
Simile
A wild beast is behind one of the doors that an accused person has to choose to open in this short story.
The Lady or the Tiger
(n.) A situation that creates a sudden increase in wealth or good fortune.
Bonanza
Events in the story become complicated; the conflict is revealed. These are events between the introduction and climax.
Rising Action
A graphic organizer that shows similarities and differences of something.
Venn Diagram
The thunder growled in the sky.
Personification
In White Fang, what is the first way Henry tries to keep wolves away from their camp at night?
He builds a fire.
(adj.) Deliberate and done on purpose; Unreasonably stubborn or headstrong.
Willful
Beginning of the story; characters, background, and setting revealed.
Exposition
The central message or the moral of the story.
Theme
He doesn't like going to parties. He is a wet blanket.
Metaphor
In Call of the Wild, where does Buck live at the beginning of the book?
The Santa Clara Valley, California
(adj.) Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
Abashed