Plot & Literary Elements
This plot element introduces characters and setting.
What is exposition?
The main character of a story.
What is the protagonist?
Narrative writing tells this.
What is a story?
Language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery?
The writer's main argument.
What is a claim?
This is the most exciting turning point in a story.
What is the climax?
The lesson or message of a story.
What is theme?
First-person point of view uses these pronouns.
What are I, me, my, we, our?
Comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Evidence should be this to support an argument.
What is relevant and reliable?
A character who changes throughout a story is called this.
What is a dynamic character?
Evidence from a text should be used to support this.
What is a claim, idea, or analysis?
A problem in a story is called this.
What is conflict?
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
An opposing viewpoint.
What is a counterargument?
This conflict occurs when a character struggles against society's rules.
What is character vs. society?
Name the type of conflict that a character is struggles with conformity to rules and traditions.
Why is character development important?
It helps readers understand how characters change and grow.
Repetition of beginning consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
Responding to a counterclaim is called this.
What is a rebuttal?
Explain the difference between theme and plot.
Theme is the message or lesson; plot is the sequence of events in the story.
The ending of the stories plot.
What is the resolution.
Name two characteristics of effective narrative writing.
What is dialogue, description, conflict, character development, sensory details, etc.
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
Explain why credible sources are important in research.
Credible sources provide accurate, trustworthy information that strengthens an argument.