Characters
This is the person, animal, or creature in a story.
What is a character?
The series of events in a story is called the ________.
What is the plot?
The setting of a story includes the time and the ________.
What is place/location?
A story written to be performed by actors is called a ________
What is a drama/play?
A struggle between characters or forces in a story is called ________
What is conflict?
The main character in a story is called the ________.
What is the protagonist?
The most exciting part of a story is called the ________.
What is the climax?
Read the excerpt:
“Snow covered the streets while families gathered around fireplaces.”
What season is the setting?
What is winter?
Words in parentheses that tell actors how to move or speak are called ________.
What are stage directions?
When an author gives hints about what will happen later, it is called ________.
What is foreshadowing?
A character who opposes the main character is called the ________.
What is the antagonist?
The beginning of a story that introduces characters and setting is called the ________.
What is the exposition?
Read the excerpt:
“The marketplace buzzed with merchants selling silk, spices, and handmade pottery.”
Where is this story most likely taking place?
What is a market/town marketplace?
In a play, conversation between characters is called ________.
What is dialogue/direct speech/what the characters say?
Read the excerpt:
“The classroom was a zoo during indoor recess.”
What is a metaphor?
“Maria shared her lunch with the new student even though she was hungry herself.”
This action suggests Maria is ________.
Kind, nice , caring
“After finding the missing necklace, the sisters finally stopped arguing and apologized.”
This part of the story is called the ________.
What is the resolution?
How can setting affect a story?
What is it can influence mood, characters, or events?
Read the excerpt:
(Ella enters slowly, looking at the floor.)
What kind of drama element is shown here?
What are stage directions?
Read the excerpt:
“Buzz! Crack! Boom!”
These are examples of ________.
What is onomatopoeia?
Read the excerpt:
“I’m not afraid,” Jamal whispered while his hands trembled.
What does this reveal about Jamal?
Read the excerpt:
What is that he is actually scared/nervous?
There is another name for the problem in a story - state it and provide a definition
What is Conflict - the issues, struggle between a character and an opposing force.
Read the excerpt:
“The abandoned house creaked in the darkness as thunder shook the windows.”
What is spooky/scary/suspenseful?
Read the excerpt:
JORDAN: We must leave before sunrise!
MAYA: But the bridge is unsafe!
What element of drama is this?
What is dialogue/lines?
Read the excerpt:
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
This is an example of ________ because the wind is given human qualities.
What is personification?