Character Types/Conflicts
Name that Plot Element
This is an Example of...
Fill in the Blank
True or False
100
A main character (usually the "hero" or "good guy/girl")
A protagonist
100
A story's chain of related events... It is sometimes know as "Story Mountain"
A plot diagram
100
The murderer is finally revealed
Climax
100
Last night, I went to the movie theater and saw a superhero film. However, I didn't understand all of it because the movie's __________________ was really complicated with lots of "twists and turns."
Plot
100
The protagonist is more important than the antagonist.
False (The protagonist is our main character and is more important)
200
The character who struggles against the main character. Sometimes, but not all the time, this character is the "villain" or "bad guy"
The antagonist
200
The part of the story where conflict develops and suspense is building... It is usually the longest part of the story.
The rising action
200
Catherine is a 12 year old girl who has rules for her brother. A new girl moves next door. She makes a new friend in OT named Jason. Then Jason and Catherine get into a big fight. Catherine meets Jason at the dance and they have fun. Catherine learns to accept her brother and Jason and not wish they were something else.
A plot
200
The movie's _____________ was took place in the future (year 2050), in a planet from another solar system.
Setting
200
The climax of the story occurs when the conflict begins
False (The conflict begins during the rising action.)
300

Dorothy wants to save Toto, but she encounters a cyclone...what type of conflict is this?

External Conflict and man/character vs. nature

300
The end of the story where you find out how everything has turned out... Hopefully it's a happy ending!
The resolution
300
As the sun set in the evening sky, Malcolm slowly turned and walked toward his home. All was silent and still. Through the window, he could see his older brother James watching a football game on the TV. James was home from his first year of college in the city.
The setting
300
The ____________ of the movie was that the bad guy was trying to take over the world, and the hero had to defend the planet.
Antagonist
300
Rising action is where the conflict is resolved.
False (The conflict is solved in the resolution)
400

Duncan Junior's brother won't let him borrow is bike. What type of conflict is this?

External Conflict and man/character vs. man

400
The most exciting and intense part of the story... What the rising action has been leading up to
The climax
400
The prince married the princess the very next day. They lived happily ever after.
Resolution
400
When it came to the most intense part of the movie, the __________________, I was so caught up in the movie, I didn't even feel my phone vibrate!
Climax
400
The setting is found at the beginning of a story. It tells us the "when" and "where" a story is taking place.
True
500

A girl cannot decide if her sister or brother is telling the truth. What type of conflict is this?

Internal Conflict and man/character vs. self

500
The introduction to the setting, characters, and conflict of the story... Helps the reader visualize and understand the story
The exposition
500
Shrek, Harry Potter, Woody or Greg Heffley
A protagonist
500
In the end, the _________________ was that everyone lived happily ever after.
Resolution
500
The antagonist and protagonist always get along by the end of the story.
False (Sometimes the protagonist and antagonist never become friends)
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