Story Elements
What is the sequence of connected events that make up the story?
What is the plot?
What is the opposite of tragedy, involving humor and light-heartedness?
What is comedy?
What is a type of plot that focuses on events of sorrow and suffering?
What is a tragedy?
What is the dramatic high point of the action called?
What is the climax?
What builds the drama of the story?
What is the rising action?
What is the term for when and where the story happens?
What is the setting?
What plot type involves a hero eliminating a beast or evil entity?
What is overcoming the monster?
What type of plot is represented by a character rising from adversity to success?
What is a rags-to-riches story?
What occurs as tension eases in the aftermath of the climax?
What is the falling action?
What sets off a chain of events?
What is the inciting incident?
Who are the people, animals, or beings in the story?
Who are the characters?
What is a plot type that shows a character going on a journey where what happens along the way is sometimes more important than the destination?
What is a quest?
What Plot type is the following story?
A group of friends sets out on an adventure to find a hidden treasure, encountering magical creatures and unexpected obstacles along the way. They must work together to succeed.
What is a quest?
What introduces the characters and setting?
What is the exposition?
What leads to a new stability being achieved?
What is the resolution?
What type of character brings conflict to the story?
What is an antagonist?
What Plot type is the following story?
A talented musician rises from a poor background, faces numerous challenges, and ultimately becomes a famous star, but struggles with the pressures of fame and personal loss.
What is rags to riches?
A small town is threatened by a ferocious beast that has been terrorizing its inhabitants. A brave hero steps up to confront the monster and protect the town.
What plot type does this represent?
What is overcoming the monster?
What plot element is being described?
The story introduces Cinderella as a kind, gentle character, contrasting her with her cruel stepsisters, who live with her in her family's cottage in the woods.
What is an exposition?
What plot element is being described?
The young boys are now stranded on a deserted island, instead of their comfy homes in England.
What is an inciting incident?
What is the term for the narrator's position in relation to a story being told?
What is point of view?
What Plot type is the following story?
A young woman navigates a series of humorous misunderstandings and romantic mishaps at a wedding, leading to unexpected love and laughter among her friends.
What is a comedy?
A brilliant scientist becomes obsessed with their work, leading to devastating consequences that affect not only their life but the lives of those around them, ultimately resulting in devastation.
What plot type does this represent?
What is a tragedy?
What plot element is being described?
The moment when Romeo kills Tybalt. At this point, Romeo is doomed, and the play begins the downfall of the young protagonist.
What is the climax?
What plot element is being described?
Holden Caulfield is discharged from an institution in California and decides to live with his sister in New York.
What is the resolution?