Name That Word
Literary Terms
About the Story
Characters
Types of Conflict
100
Lair
Someone or something's home or hiding place.
100
The __________ of the story is the part that tells us WHAT HAPPENS.
What is THE PLOT?
100
The setting of Dragon, Dragon
What is in a kingdom, probably a long time ago?
100
This is a character who's memory was a real problem.
Who is the Wizard?
100
Buzz is always trying to get to school the fastest, but his friend Chip knows all the shortcuts and usually beats him there and gets the best tetherball station on the playground.
What is character vs. character conflict?
200
A dale
What is a wide valley?
200
This is the most important character in the story.
What is THE MAIN CHARACTER?
200
The king offered this to any of his subjects who could slay the dragon.
What is marriage to his daughter and/or half the kingdom to rule?
200
This character had three sons.
Who is the cobbler?
200
Sir Edmund and his guide were scaling Mount Everest, and they didn't reach the top due to a minor avalanche.
What is character versus setting conflict?
300
Flabbergasted
What is COMPLETELY AMAZED?
300
A character's basic problem is also known as the _______
What is the CONFLICT?
300
This son tried to sell the dragon some brushes.
Who is the first (brainy) son?
300
This character plagued the kingdom by ravaging the countryside.
Who is the dragon?
300
Tito wanted to be a master karaoke singer, but every time he walked up to the mic, he would get so nervous that only a squeak would come out.
What is character versus himself conflict?
400
Beamed
What is smiled with great joy?
400
Additional problems that come up in a story are known as:
What are COMPLICATIONS?
400
This second son tried this strategy for beating the dragon.
What is galloping into the cave on his horse, swinging his sword with all his might?
400
This character turned into a rosebush.
Who is the Queen?
400
The Army Ranger was parachuted into the enemy camp, where he had to pretend that he was a member of the other side, and he was worried that his enemies were figuring out that he wasn't really one of them.
What is character vs. a whole group of people conflict?
500
Ravaged
What is completely destroyed?
500
A struggle between two characters, or a character and a group of characters, or a character and the setting, and a character and him or herself is known as the _________.
What is the conflict?
500
This is how the dragon was finally defeated.
What is saying the poem and making him laugh, then beheading him while he was busy laughing.
500
This character was the best at following directions.
Who is the cobbler's THIRD son?
500
Rose floated on the door for hours after the Titanic sank, struggling to stay alive in the freezing cold arctic water.
What is character versus setting conflict?
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