PLOT
CHARACTER
POINT OF VIEW
Elements of Plot
OTHER TERMS
100
this is the most intense part of the story
What is the climax?
100
this is a literary term for a person in a story
What is character?
100

How can you determine the point of view?

Who is telling the story and what thoughts you are able to see. 

100

How does the setting impact a story 

It influences the character's actions, the events of the plot, the mood, and imagery of a story.

100

Words that are not meant in the way they are said 

Ex: "I literally could almost died when my math teacher told us we would have a test today" 

Figurative Language

200
this is the very beginning of the story
What is the exposition?
200

The term that means: Conversations between two or more people in a narrative text.

Dialogue 

200

Give an example of a Metaphor

Student answer

200

What are the parts of a plot diagram?

Exposition, Inciting Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

200

This is when you come to a conclusion or educated guess based on facts that you know from the story 

Inferring

300
this is the ending of the story
What is resolution?
300

 This can advance the plot, reveal a character's thoughts or feelings, or show how characters react at the moment through the way that they speak .

Dialogue 

300

Give an example of a Simile

Student answer

300

What is a personal  narrative? 

It is a type of writing that relates to personal experience usually told in first person. 

300

this is the main idea or the "moral" of a story

What is theme?

400
this is when the story starts settling down, and problems start being resolved
What is the falling action?
400

What is point of view?

Who is telling the story/ the perspective the story is told. 

400

What is an analogy?

 comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.

400

What is "vivid imagery"?

To include all of the senses when describing something in a piece of writing. These senses are seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching.

400

When you use words you know in a sentence to determine the meaning of a word you are unfamiliar with 

Context clues

500
this is the part of the story where the story gets complicated with lots of problems
What is the rising action?
500

What are the two main characters in a story?

Protagonist and Antagonist

500

How do you determine the theme of a story?

student answer 

500

What's the difference between "literal" and "figurative" language? 

Figurative: Doesn't mean what you say - "expression" 

Literal: You mean exactly what you say

500
this is the fancy word for ending
What is denouement?
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