Story Stuffs
This type of conflict is between a character and his/her own thoughts, feelings, or actions.
What is person vs self?
This is the name of the author who wrote "Barney".
Who is Will Stanton?
This is the protagonist's full name in "A Mountain Journey".
Who is Dave Conroy?
What is a mullet?
An open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa.
What is a veldt?
This type of story ending is one where the central conflict is left unresolved and inconclusive.
What is an indeterminate ending?
Barney's rising intelligence is an example of what aspect of the plot.
What is the Rising Action?
What is mood?
What is a porpoise?
Ominous and threatening.
What is the mood?
This connection may show how the book shares similar characters, events, or settings.
What is text to text?
The Scientist is an example of this character type.
What is a static character?
These are the two types of conflict in this story.
What is person vs nature and person vs self?
This is the resolution to the story.
What is when the man swore he would never go out fishing by himself again?
It is at this point in the plot that the kids lock their parents in the nursery.
What is the falling action?
This aspect of fiction may influence parts of plot by directly affecting characters, encouraging certain events while inhibiting others, and may also play a role in types of conflicts.
What is setting?
This passage is an example of what aspect of fiction: "A few feet from the top I heard excited squeaks from Barney, and upon obtaining ground level I observed that the rope was almost completely severed".
What is foreshadowing?
The climax of the story.
After Conroy falls into the river he decides to travel towards the cabin and not spend the night there.
"He looked closely to make sure no stingray was hidden in the mesh" is an example of this aspect of fiction.
What is the climax?
This type of irony is a statement in which the speaker means something very difference from what he or she is saying.
The ending of Barney is an example of this type of irony, in which there is a contrast between what actually happened and what was expected to happen.
What is situational irony?
This is the name of the setting in which the story takes place.
What is Hoodoo Creek?
This is the climax of the story.
What is when the man was drowning and he decided to cut the rope and save himself.
The danger of becoming overly reliant on technology so that we lose touch with what makes us human.
What is the theme?