_____ are the people, animals or imaginary creatures who take part in the action. The most important characters are the main characters. Less important characters are the minor charcters.
What is Character?
100
_____from the first to the last or last to the first
What is chronological order?
100
_____the author goes back to an earlier time in the story and explains something that will help the reader understand the whole story better
What is flashback?
100
_____using details and clues from a story to make a reasonable guess about events in the story that haven't happened yet
What is prediction?
100
_____is the series of events in a story
What is plot?
200
_____everything that goes on or happens in a story.
What is action?
200
_____is the struggle that a character faces in the story. The struggle can be between two characters, between a character and a force of nature, or it can be an internal conflict as he/she makes a difficult choice.
What is conflict?
200
_____a technique of giving clues to coming events in the story
What is foreshadowing?
200
_____the hero of the story
What is protagonist?
200
_____is a feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by the reader
What is suspense?
300
_____the villain of the story
What is antagonist?
300
_____the talking that goes on between characters in the story.
What is dialogue?
300
_____a struggle that takes place inside the character's mind
What is internal conflict?
300
_____person or character who is telling the story
What is narrator?
300
_____the satisfying end of the story in which the problems are solved
What is resolution?
400
_____shows a difference when comparing things side by side.
What is contrast?
400
_____the highest point (turningpoint) in the action of the story
What is climax?
400
_____the part of the story which follows the climax that leads to the resolution(ending) of the story
What is falling action?
400
_____shows the action or events. It has five parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is plot line?
400
_____is the time and place of the action. Time can be past, present, or future. The place can be anywhere in the world or in your imagination.
What is setting?
500
_____the writer's reason for writing something
What is author's purpose?
500
_____is the character's struggle against an outside force
What is external conflict?
500
_____the part of the story, usually the beginning, which explains the background and setting of the story and the characters are introduced.
What is exposition?
500
_____conclusions that a reader draws based on clues in the story and his or her own knowledge
What is inference?
500
_____the central part of the story during which various problems arise, leading to the climax.