Theme
This theme in a Pixar short film about a small sandpiper reflects the emotional journey of overcoming fear to explore the unknown.
What is growth or resilience?
This term refers to the techniques an author uses to reveal a character’s personality, whether through their actions, dialogue, or thoughts.
What is character development?
What is the term for the main struggle between opposing forces in a story?
What is conflict?
This video-sharing platform allows users to create short clips set to music, dance trends, and viral challenges, and has become hugely popular among teens in recent years.
What is TikTok?
In a sporty idiom, to make expectations higher is to do this, from field events like the pole vault.
What is raise the bar?
In this story, a dentist uses his position to exact revenge on a corrupt political figure, illustrating a theme about the tension between authority and those they oppress.
What is "One of These Days" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez?
When an author directly states a character's traits, it’s called this.
What is direct characterization?
What is the name for the point in the plot where the tension reaches its highest point?
What is the climax?
This 2009 sci-fi epic, set on the lush moon of Pandora, is currently the highest-grossing film of all time.
What is Avatar?
If you're baking, this alliterative paper will prevent your batter from sticking to the pan.
What is parchment paper?
This story centers on a child who feels torn between two cultures, symbolized through magical paper animals, exploring themes of belonging and heritage.
What is "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu?
When a character is revealed through their actions, speech, or other characters' reactions, it’s called this.
What is indirect characterization?
What plot element introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation?
What is the exposition?
This South Korean TV show became a global hit in 2021, featuring characters competing in life-or-death children’s games.
What is Squid Game?
A nursery rhyme concerns nimble, quick Jack and this feat of his.
What is jump over the cadlestick?
In a story where children must abandon their wild roots to fit into human society, the theme reflects a deeper tension between societal expectations and maintaining one’s true self.
What is "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves?"
This type of character undergoes significant internal change throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
What is the term for events that occur after the climax, leading toward the resolution?
What is the falling action?
This singer released the surprise album Folklore during the 2020 pandemic.
Who is Taylor Swift?
New Orleans is home to this "sweet" bowl game, one of 6 in the College Football Playoff
What is the Sugar Bowl?
This sci-fi story explores humanity's struggle with the inevitability of the universe's end, as advanced civilizations repeatedly seek an answer to reversing entropy.
What is "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov?
A character who contrasts with another character, typically the protagonist, to highlight particular qualities is called this.
What is an antagonist?
What is the moment in a story called when a character makes a crucial decision that changes the direction of the plot?
What is the turning point?
This streaming series, set in a fictional Indiana town, follows a group of kids as they uncover supernatural mysteries, becoming a major hit since its debut in 2016.
What is Stranger Things?
The second line in a haiku typically has this many syllables?
What is 7?