Narrators
Theme
Plot
Character
Potpourri
100
The narrator is a character in the story
What is a first person narrator?
100
Reveals a truth about human nature
What is theme?
100
The turning point of a story
What is the climax?
100
The main character is most often referred to as the __________.
What is the protagonist?
100
A concrete object representing an abstract concept
What is symbolism?
200
The narrator is outside the story, but knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character
What is third person limited?
200
The story's topic
What is subject?
200
The part of the story in which the main character attempts to solve the conflict
What is the rising action or complications?
200
The person or thing that causes the main character's conflict is called the
What is antagonist?
200
The audience knows something another character does not
What is dramatic irony?
300
The narrator is outside the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters
What is an omniscient narrator?
300
Tells you what to do or not to do
What is a moral?
300
This part of the story occurs between the climax and the resolution.
What is the falling action
300
A ______________ character has more than three traits, while a ______________ character has only one or two traits.
What are a round character and a flat character?
300
Saying one thing but meaning another
What is verbal irony?
400
This type of narrator is unbelievable
What is an unreliable narrator?
400
Subjects may be stated in a ____________, while a theme must be stated in a _______________.
What are one word and a complete sentence?
400
This part of the story sets the stage by describing the setting, mood, protagonist and conflict
What is the exposition?
400
A _____________ character learns and develops, while a ________________ character fails to learn.
What are dynamic and static?
400
A conflict between the main character and something else is ______________, while a conflict within a character's mind is _____________
What external and internal?
500
List three first person pronouns, three second person pronouns and three third person pronouns, being sure to identify which is which.
What are me, my, I, mine, us, we, ours (1st person)you, your, yours, yourself )2nd person) he, she, they, him, her, his, hers, theirs, them, themselves (3rd person)
500
Often times, a theme can be discovered by what the main character _________________
What is learns?
500
Draw and label the plot diagram on the whiteboard.
What is the plot diagram?
500
These are the five ways to indirectly characterize a character
What are appearance, actions, speech, thoughts, and other's reactions?
500
The difference between a simile and a metaphor is the use of one of these three words
What are like as or than?
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