Dramatic Structure Chart
Characters
Conflict
Lit. Devices
Random
100
What is another name for the Dramatic Structure Chart?
The Plot Chart
100
What is the main character and hero of the story called?
The protagonist
100
What type of conflict takes place between two people called?
Man vs. Man
100
What term is used to describe "a comparison between two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'"?
Simile
100
What is the "setting" of a story?
When and where a story takes place?
200
What part of the Dramatic Structure Chart is "The moment of greatest tension in the story. The turning point in the action. It is the “crisis” point in the plot."?
The Climax
200
When a character does not change during the course of the story, he/or she is referred to as what type of character?
Flat/Static
200
What type of conflict takes place within an individual (can also include one’s wrestling with God).
Man vs. Self
200
What is the moral or the lesson of the story called?
Theme
200
What does one call "the courage to take action for moral reasons despite the risk of adverse consequences?"
Moral Courage
300
What part of the Dramatic Structure Chart is "The unraveling of the story. How the story and the major conflict are resolved and also includes what happens afterwards"?
The Denouement
300
When the author portray the characters in the story in ways that make them seem real, with both good and bad features, this is called?
Characterization
300
What type of conflict takes place between a person and the elements of nature.
Man vs. Nature
300
What is an expression called that does not literally mean what it says, but has an understood meaning?
Idiom
300
What is the literary device used by authors to reflect the accent/language of the region of a country where the characters live?
Dialect
400
What is "The initial conflict/event that sparks the upward increase of action in the story (the first major turning point in the direction of the story)"?
The Inciting Incident
400
The character that tries to hinder the main character/hero of the story is called?
The Antagonist
400
What type of conflict takes place between an individual and a group of people
Man vs. Society
400
What is the term used for "showing part of something that will be fully revealed later in the story"?
Foreshadowing
400
What is the unfolding of the end of the story called where all the conflicts are resolved?
Resolution/Denouement
500
How do you correctly spell the word we use for the Dynamic Structure Chart that means the same as "Resolution"?
DENOUEMENT
500
What type of character undergoes changes during the coarse of the story?
Dynamic/Round
500
What is the name for the minor conflicts that arise during the coarse of the story, found on the Dramatic Structure Chart, that help increase the intensity and action of the story?
Rising Action
500
What is a literary technique that combines criticism with humor?
Satire
500
Being a bus driver, you pick up 5 kids at the first stop and 3 kids at the second, then drop off 2 kids at the third and pick up 6 more before getting to the school and dropping off 11 kids only to acquire 8 more. What color eyes does the bus driver have?
The correct answer is: your own eye color - you are the bus driver!
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