Elements of Plot
the End of the story
What is the resolution?
Fie, Fi, Foe, Fum
Alliteration
Dressed to the nines
Dressed fashionably
The struggle between two opposing forces.
What is Conflict?
A group of words that conveys a complete thought and is the largest grammatical unit in language.
What is a sentence?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling action, and resolution.
What are the 5 elements of a plot?
The author's voice in writing
Tone
Couch potato
Someone who lies around and barely moves
Anticipation leading to the main event in a story that makes readers wonder or worry.
What is suspense?
A sentence that has one independent clause. It contains a subject and a verb.
ex. Jamal bought some new pair of Jordans.
What is a simple sentence?
The most exciting part of the story, when we learn the outcome.
What is the climax?
A group of lines in a poem
Stanza
Goody two shoes
Someone who tries to be perfect
The two types of conflicts.
What are Internal and external conflicts?
Type of sentence formed by two or more independent clauses, linked by a conjunctive adverb, linking word, conjunction, or semicolon.
ex: Tiffany bought new Balenciaga shoes, but Jennifer bought books.
What is a compound sentence?
Where the main character faces a series of conflicts.
What is the Rising Action?
Sound words
Onomatopoeia
Barking up the wrong tree
Directing your efforts towards the wrong person or thing
Authors use these things to build suspense.
What are Story questions and Word Referents?
A sentence that's formed by two or more independent clauses, linked together by a conjunctive adverb, linking word, conjunction, or semicolon.
ex: Although Brittany bought a new Stanley Cup; Christina bought a Mac Book.
What is a Complex sentence?
Beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced.
What is the Exposition?
ABCD in poetry
Rhyme scheme
Through the grapevine
The informal spreading of messages, gossip, or rumors
The 3 types of external conflicts.
What is Character vs. Character, Character vs. Nature, and Character vs. Society?
A combination of complex and compound sentences, formed of dependent and independent clauses, linked with coordinating conjunction.
ex: While Aria bought a dress, Lisa bought books, but Matt only bought a pen.
What is a compound complex sentence?