Plot Diagrams
Key Terms
Figurative Language
Literature
Vocab
100

Turning point of the story.

Climax

100

A problem that the characters in a story face.

Conflict

100

Sally sells seashells by the seashore.

Alliteration

100

This is the land where Peter Pan takes the Darling children.

Neverland

100

(adj.) Extremely well known, famous or renowned.

Legendary

200

Resolution begins; events and complications start to fall into place.

Falling Action

200

The main character in a story.

Protagonist

200

It is raining cats and dogs.

Hyperbole

200

A wrongfully convicted young Yelnats boy is given the choice between jail and this place in a barren desert.

Camp Green Lake

200

(n.) Lawful power or right to exercise official authority.

Jurisdiction

300

 Final outcome of events in the story.

Resolution

300

Opposes the main character.

Antagonist

300

He is as slow as a snail.

Simile

300

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

300

(n.) A situation that creates a sudden increase in wealth or good fortune.

Bonanza

400

Events in the story become complicated; the conflict is revealed. These are events between the introduction and climax.

Rising Action

400

A graphic organizer that shows similarities and differences of something.

Venn Diagram

400

The thunder growled in the sky.

Personification

400

In White Fang, what is the first way Henry tries to keep wolves away from their camp at night?

He builds a fire.

400

(adj.) Deliberate and done on purpose; Unreasonably stubborn or headstrong.

Willful

500

Beginning of the story; characters, background, and setting revealed.

Exposition

500

The central message or the moral of the story.

Theme

500

He doesn't like going to parties. He is a wet blanket.

Metaphor

500

In Call of the Wild, where does Buck live at the beginning of the book?

The Santa Clara Valley, California

500

(adj.) Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.

Abashed

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