Character
Plot
Short Stories
Conflict
Other Terms
100

The central character in a story is called by this term.

What is Protagonist?

100

The first element of plot.

What is Exposition?

100

Gretchen was a major character in this short story.

What is Raymond's Run?

100

The main problem a protagonist faces in a story.

What is Conflict?

100

The two parts of setting.

What is Time and Place?

200

This type of character is important to the main story.

What is Major Character?
200

This element of plot occurs at the end of the story.

What is Resolution?

200

A son trying to understand his father's experience in Vietnam is the conflict of this short story.

What is Stop the Sun?

200

This type of conflict involves the main character working against an internal conflict.

What is Person vs. Self?

200

This term means giving clues about future events in the story.

What is Foreshadowing?

300

This character works against the protagonist in the story.

What is Antagonist?

300

This element of plot includes complications and conflict.

What is Rising Action?

300

The protagonist of Stop the Sun.

Who is Terry Erickson?

300

DAILY DOUBLE

This type of conflict involves a person working against another individual.

What is Person vs. Person?

300

A scene that takes place before the main story is called this term.

What is Flashback?

400

DAILY DOUBLE

This type of character remains the same during the story.

What is Static Character?

400

This element of plot ties up loose ends in the story.

What is Falling Action?

400

This is the track event Squeaky is competing in.

What is the 50 Yard Dash?

400

A protagonist working against an outside force is called by this term.

What is External Conflict?

400

The main message/moral of the story.

What is Theme?

500

This type of character is unimportant to the plot.

What is Minor Character?

500

This element of plot has the protagonist making a big decision.

What is Climax?

500
Born in Minneapolis, the author of Stop the Sun is this popular Minnesotan.

Who is Gary Paulsen?

500

A person working against a government is an example of this type of conflict.

What is Person vs. Society?

500

The reason a character thinks, feels, or acts a certain way in a story. 

What is Motivation?

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