Plot
Dialogue
Characters
Setting
Random
100
The first part of the story
What is the beginning or exposition?
100
When two or more characters speak to each other
What is dialogue?
100
The character the story is about
What is the main character (protagonist)?
100
The time or place of the story
What is the setting?
100
Descriptive language that helps the reader hear, see, smell, touch, and taste elements while in the story
What is imagery?
200
The part of the story where the main problem gets solved.
What is the resolution?
200
The punctuation that goes before and after a character's speech?
What are quotation marks?
200
The character who is typically the enemy of the main character
What is the villain (antagonist)?
200
When the setting of a story is usually established.
What is the beginning (exposition)?
200
The message or lesson the author wants the reader to learn.
What is the theme?
300
The part of the story where the conflict occurs.
What is the climax?
300
When having a new character speak in a story, you must do this
What is start a new paragraph?
300
The people, animals, and imaginary things who take part in the action in a story.
What are characters?
300
Time of the day, weather, geographic location
What is elements of the setting?
300
The struggle in a story
What is conflict?
400
The part of the story that is the build-up?
What is rising action?
400
This punctuation mark frequently accompanies quotation marks
What is a comma?
400
Things a character does
What are actions?
400
Refers to the past, present, future, season, month, and time of day
What is time?
400
Usually contains few characters and isn't as long as a book
What is a short story?
500
The part of the story where the setting and characters are introduced and explained?
What is exposition?
500
When a character asks something, this punctuation goes inside the quotation marks
What is a question mark?
500
How the writer describes a character's speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions and looks?
What is characterization?
500
The era when a story takes place. World War II, Medieval, Renaissance, Future, etc.
What is time period?
500
* Character vs. Character * Character vs. Force of Nature * Character vs. Society * Character vs. Self
What is conflict?
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