These characters are characters that experience a change as the plot unfolds.
What is dynamic?
100
The part of the plot that introduces you to the setting, characters, and background of the story.
What is exposition?
100
What is a conflict?
What is a problem, struggle, or challenge that is important to plot?
100
What is setting?
Where and when the story takes place.
100
The pronouns you, your, and yourself will be used if a story is written in this POV.
What is 2nd person POV?
200
Contrast between a protagonist and an antagonist.
A protagonist is the main character in a story, and the antagonist is the character that opposes or goes against the main character.
200
The step where the conflict is usually revealed.
What is rising action?
200
Internal or External conflict? Deciding if you should or should not steal a candy bar.
Internal
200
The central message, lesson, or moral of the story. What the author wants to tell you about life is the.......
Theme
200
The pronouns I, me, my, we, mine, and our will be used in this type of POV.
What is 1st person POV?
300
What is indirect characterization?
What is when the author describes or SHOWS the character and you can make judgments about him/her for yourself.
300
The turning point of the story.
What is climax?
300
Internal or external conflict? Your friend wants to start a fight with you because you lied to her.
External
300
What is the setting of "The Scribe"
Inner City, New York late 1900s
300
The pronouns he, she, they, and them will be used in the POV.
What is 3rd person POV?
400
Indirect or direct? Showing character acting and speaking, revealing character's thoughts, revealing what others think about the character, or a physical description of the character.
Indirect
400
Steps to solving the conflict are usually in this part of the plot.
What is falling action?
400
Being stranded on the moon with depleted oxygen is an example of which type of conflict?
Character vs. Nature
400
What is the THEME in "Tortoise and the Hare"
What is slow and steady wins the race or justice, courage, belief in one's self.
400
Which POV is the story "Street Magic" written in?
What is 1st person POV?
500
Direct or Indirect? The girl sat quietly in the back of the classroom with her head down on the desk. Her heart skipped a beat when she heard the teacher call on her to read.
What is Indirect?
500
What is the climax of the story "Street Magic?"
When cousin Mersh swallows the piece of paper.
500
What are the five main types of conflict?
What is character vs. character, character vs. nature, chracter vs. group, group vs. group, character vs. self
500
What is the difference between main idea and theme?
Main Idea is what the story is mostly about, and theme is the message or lesson that the author wants to get across to the reader.
500
DAILY DOUBLE
Describe each element of plot using the story "Street Magic"