Elements of a Story 1
Elements of a Story 2
Elements of a Story 3
Elements of a Story 4
Mix and Match
100
plot
What are the events that happen in the story?
100
conflict
What is problem of the story?
100

Hint or clue about what will happen next in the story.

What is foreshadow?

100
moral
What is a lesson about right and wrong?
100

Direct Characterization

What is the explicit information that is given that expresses a characters' personality?

200
Antagonist
Who is the bad guy in the story?
200
man gets into heavy debt
What is 'man vs self' conflict?
200

The process of making conclusions about a story byusing clues and evidence to "read between the lines"

What is inference?

200
rising action
What is the part of the story before the climax?
200

The most intense moment or the turning point in the story. 

What is the climax?

300
Protagonist
Who is the good guy in the story?
300
computer crashes
What is 'man vs technology' conflict?
300

Use of specific objects or images to represent ideas. For example: Coffee represents maturity

Who is symbolism?

300
foreshadowing
What is a hint about what is going to happen?
300

A series of events that lead to the climax.

What is the rising actions?

400
two people fighting
What is 'man against man' type of conflict?
400
end of the story
What is the resolution?
400

A contrast between reality and expectations 

What is irony?

400
theme
What is the story's lesson about life?
400

The E in the S.T.E.A.L. acronym that is used to indirectly characterize a character. 

What is the effect on others?

500
person lost in the woods who is cold, hungry
What is 'man against nature' conflict?
500
exposition
What is start or beginning of a story called?
500

Interrupts the normal sequence of events to tell about something that happened in the past. 

What is flashback?

500
falling action
What is part of the story after the climax?
500

The genre of our first novel study.

Where is fantasy?

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