Elements/Plot Structure
Point of View
Conflict/Characters
Theme
Literary Devices
100
The time and place of a story.
What is setting.
100
Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and "we".
What is First Person
100
This type of conflict sometimes involves a decision and takes place inside a character's mind or heart.
What is internal conflict.
100
the truth or central idea a story reveals about life
What is a theme.
100
a comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as
What is a simile
200
The most exciting/intense part of the story for the protagonist.
What is the climax.
200
The narrator reports the facts of a narrator as a seemingly neutral and impersonal outside observer.
What is Third Person Objective
200
A doctor is in a hurry and runs a red light.
What is Man vs. Society.
200
a theme is a ________ opinion
What is debatable.
200
"I'm the beat in your heart, I'm the moonlight shining down, I'm the whisper in the wind"
What is an example of metaphor
300
Between the exposition and the climax of a story there is the _______ and _______.
What is inciting incident and rising action.
300
The narrator is an outside observer that focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is Third Person Limited.
300
A woman is unable to function because of an illness.
What is Man vs. Nature
300
A theme is ________ not stated.
What is implied.
300
"Josie's new friend is as skinny as a toothpick."
What is an example of hyperbole and simile
400
Loose ends of the plot are tied up in the __________ of the story.
What is resolution.
400
The narrator is an outside observer who can tell us the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in a story.
What is Third Person Omniscient
400
brave, confident, happy, rude, spoiled,...
What is positive and negative character traits.
400
a moral, ______, or message is a _______
What is a life-lesson and theme.
400
Betty Baughter bought some butter but she said the butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter. So she bought a bit of butter better than the bitter butter...
What is alliteration.
500
The difference between a normal plot structure and a hero's journey is that a plot structure is a ________________ shape while a hero's journey is a ______________ shape.
What is a pyramid and a circle.
500
This is the point of view that a book we read in class about a shepherd boy following his personal legend is told from.
What is third person omniscient.
500
An author may use thoughts, words, feelings, choices, and actions to cause the reader to ____________ something about a character.
What is infer.
500
Any theme can be considered ________ if you can ________ it with text _______.
What is valid, support, evidence.
500
She was head over heels...
What is idiom.
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