Elements of Fiction
Elements of a Plot Line
Other Literary Terms
Diary Lit Elements
Diary Chafracters
100
Time and Place
What is Setting
100
Climax
What is the most exciting part of the story
100
Dialogue
What is conversation between characters
100
Reardan
What is the name of the school Arnold transferred to
100
Gordy
Who is Arnold's very smart friend at Reardan
200
Actors in a story
What are characters
200
Resolution
What is the end of the story where all the problems are solved
200
Mood
What is the feelings and emotions a story invokes
200
Rowdy
Who was Arnold's best friend on the Rez
200
Mr. P
Who told Arnold to leave the Rez
300
Plot
What is the sequence of events in a story
300
Exposition
What is the beginning of the story where the setting and characters are introduced
300
Flashback
What is a flash backward in time to explain what happened earlier in the story
300
Eugene
What is the name of Arnold's father's friend who was shot in the face
300
Mr. Dodge
Who got angry when Arnold corrected him about petrified wood
400
Theme
What is the underlying idea of a story
400
Rising Action
What is where the conflict of the story begins and builds toward the climax
400
Metaphor
What is a comparison between two unlike things
400
Climax
What is when Arnold beat Welpinit in the basketball game
400
Roger
Who did Arnold punch in the nose
500
Conflict
What is the struggle between two opposing forces
500
Rapidly Falling Action
What happens right after the Climax
500
Simile
What is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as
500
Bulimia
Who had this disorder
500
Ted
Who was the rich white guy who came to Arnold's grandmother's Wake
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