Elements of a Story
Elements of Plot
"He-y, Come On Ou-t!"
"The Man In the Well"
"The Most Dangerous Game"
100

This literary element describes where and when the story takes place, and also the situation.

What is setting?

100

The problem in the story.

What is conflict?

100

The villagers found this under a destroyed shrine after a typhoon and landslide.

What is a hole?

100

This is where the kids find the man in the well.

What is an abandoned farm lot?

100

Rainsford and Zaroff both classify themselves as THIS TYPE OF PERSON.

What is a hunter?

200

A person in a story.

What is character?

200

The end of the story.

What is resolution?

200

These were the first two things that went in the hole.

What are "He-y, come on ou-t!" and a pebble?

200

Wendy changes the story by accidentally telling the man THIS PERSON'S NAME.

Who is Aaron?

200

The "most dangerous game" that Zaroff hunts on his island, which Rainsford says is immoral.

What is human beings?

300

The sequence of events in a story.

What is plot?

300

The sequence of events where the conflict increases in intensity.

What is rising action?

300

This character bought the hole and opened up a disposal business.

Who is the concessionaire?

300

The man tells the kids to do THIS when he first talks with them. 

What is get a ladder/get help?

300

Rainsford meeting Zaroff and Ivan at their chateau is part of THIS ELEMENT OF PLOT.

What is rising action?

400

The main idea of the story.

What is theme?

400

The most intense part of the story.

What is climax?

400

Name one item thrown into the hole after the company opened up its business.

What is...

nuclear waste

classified documents

old journals

photos of former sweethearts

bodies of animals and homeless people

criminal evidence

counterfeit bills

trash from oceans

400

When Aaron starts saying everyone's name, the group feels THIS WAY.

What is scared?

What is angry?

400

There is evidence that Rainsford changes his mind at the end of the story because he learns what it means to be the ____.

What is prey?

500

The perspective from which the story is told.

What is point of view?

500

Introduces, the setting, main character, and beginning situation.

What is exposition? 

500
At the end of the story, the reader learns that all of the things thrown into the hole will come out HERE.

What is over the city?

500

The theme is represented many times in the story any time that the individual kids follow what the _____ is doing.

What is group?

500

Zaroff opposes Rainsford and is therefore the ___ of the story.

What is antagonist?

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