Vocabulary
Characterization & Character Traits
About the Story
Methods of Characterization
Plot Elements
100
What do you call a movie or a show that is watched in the morning or afternoon?
MATINEE
100
What word describes someone that is thin?
slender
100
The boy Yollie likes
Who is Ernie?
100
The number of ways that an author can show the reader what the character is like
FOUR
100
the problem between the characters in the story
CONFLICT
200
What do you call someone or something that is poor?
MEAGER
200
What character traits do Mrs. Moreno and Yollie share?
They are funny or they like to make jokes.
200
What Mrs. Moreno could not do for her daughter
Buy her a new dress for the dance
200
Character is revealed through the things that he or she does
DIALOGUE
200
The series of events that make up the story
PLOT
300
What word means playful or funny actions?
ANTICS
300
What are character traits
Adjectives that describe what the character is like or their personality.
300
Why did Mrs. Moreno leave Yollie on the couch?
Mrs. Moreno wanted to play a joke on her daughter.
300
Character is revealed through what he or she says
DIALOGUE
300
the people or animals in the story
CHARACTER
400
What do you call someone who has a great deal of knowledge and experience?
SOPHISTICATED
400
What character trait means someone who thinks only about themselves and not others?
Selfish
400
What happens to Yollie's dress when it rains at the dance?
The color from the dye begins to come off in puddles on the floor.
400
A writer reveals a character through what other characters in the story say or think about the character
REACTIONS
400
The time and place of a story
SETTING?
500
What word means a long angry speech?
TIRADE
500
What character trait describes someone who makes others laugh?
Funny
500
Who has a "strange" sense of humor?
Mrs. Moreno
500
Character is revealed by what they are thinking or how the feel
THOUGHTS/FEELINGS
500
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