Plot Terms
interrupting the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time.
What is a flashback?
The mood at the end of the story.
A shoe maker has a store where all of his shoes are alive.
What is exposition?
Hints or clues suggesting what may happen later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing?
The new shoemaker is the ______ in the story.
What is the antagonist?
The two shoe makers compete to provide the most enticing shoe to their customer. Ultimately, the antagonist is starting to have better business.
What is rising action?
The character in conflict with the main character.
What is the antagonist?
The lesson the author is trying to convey to the reader
What is theme?
Coming together to help a friend in need would be classified as a _____ in "The Shoemaker".
What is theme?
The shoe maker rips up the bill of sale document and walks back to his store.
What is falling action?
In the exposition, the main character, or _____________ is introduced.
What is the protagonist?
Vivid descriptions about what is occurring in the story so that the reader can clearly visualize it in their minds. Describing what the character is seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, or smelling in a very descriptive way.
What is sensory details or imagery?
The little shoemaker placed a brightly colored shoe on the shelf in his storefront window. The shoe dazzled as its sequins of various shades of pink hit the morning sunlight.
This excerpt could be classified as ______ in "The Shoemaker"?
What is sensory language or imagery?
The shoe maker's shoes cheer in excitement because the store has been saved.
What is denouement?
The event in the story where the main conflict is introduced?
What is the inciting incident?
The overall feeling of the story or section of a story.
What is the mood?
The main _____ is between the two shoemakers who are competing to sell the most shoes.
What is conflict?
The shoe maker gives his signed bill of sale document to the antagonist but to his surprise the shoes come alive and carry the man away.
What is climax?