Genres & Subgenres
stories with imaginary characters and events
Fiction
the main character of the story. "the good guy"
protagonist
The beginning of the story. The characters and setting are introduced.
Exposition
Name the type of conflict:
A baby crawls into a chicken coop and grabs the tail feathers of a chicken.
Character vs. Nature
Name of the story about growing up and have a conflict with a teacher.
Eleven/Once
texts about real people, things, places, and events
Nonfiction
the character that is against the main character. "the bad guy"
antagonist
The conflict is introduced. The story begins to get interesting.
Rising Action
Name the type of conflict:
A kid moves to a new school. However, he realizes that his backpack is yellow while everyone else has a blue backpack. Out of embarrassment, he tries to dye his backpack blue, but it turns green!
Character vs. Society
Setting for the short story "All Summer in a Day"
fiction that is set in an imaginary time or place and often includes magic (not a folk tale).
how the character talks, acts, speaks, or thinks is known as the character's what?
character traits
The story begins to get tie-up. The conflict begins to get solved.
DAILY DOUBLE #2
Character vs. Nature
Lesson/theme/moral we can learn from the short story "MVP"
Teamwork is important to win a game.
Name three types of folk tales.
Fable, Myth, Fairy Tale, Legend, and Tall Tale
the name of the problem introduced in the plot.
conflict
Name the type of conflict:
A kid is given a marshmallow, but is told if he waits to eat it, he will get another one! The kid has to decide if he wants to eat the marshmallow now or wait so that he can get two! Oh, the torture!
Character vs. Self
The picture was reversed/mirrored
The Tinfoil Key by Rob Burnside
When young Ian Bradley accidentally switches suitcases with an intergalactic space explorer at a coffee shop, he ends up going on the trip of a lifetime. Now that he’s left holding the bag, Ian must deliver it to the light scientists on Gamma Outpost 9 in time, and every life-form in the galaxy is unknowingly depending on the success of his efforts.
Science Fiction
DAILY DOUBLE #1
Forest
the name of the lesson learned about a certain topic in a story.
Theme
Name the type of conflict:
Tom the cat chases Jerry the mouse around the house with a frying pan!
Character vs. Character
The most common subgenre of all the stories we have read as a class.
Realistic Fiction