Story Elements
Plot
Word Generalizations
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100
the time and place in which the story occurs
What is setting?
100
the most suspensful part of the story
What is the climax?
100
Words that sound the same, but have different meanings and different spellings.
What is a homophone?
100
the difference between appearance and reality
What is irony?
100
From whose perspective the story is told
What is point of view?
200
The emotion created in the reader by the story
What is mood?
200
(opening) introduction of the setting and characters
What is exposition?
200
tall - short; hot - cold
What is an antonym?
200
a struggle that takes place within the character
What is internal conflict?
200
a story of a person's life, written by that person
What is an autobiography?
300
the series of events taking place in the story
What is plot?
300
author describes the conflict or problems the characters must face
What is rising action?
300
hurried; quickened; fast; speedy; swiftly; rapidly; expeditiously are examples of this
What is a synonym?
300
the main character in a story
What is a protagonist?
300
story told from the narrator's point of view; uses words such as I, me, we
What is first person point of view?
400
a struggle between two forces in the story
What is conflict?
400
point where the central conflict ends
What is the resolution?
400
A group of letters added to the end of a word to form a new word
What is a suffix?
400
a story that explains the beginning events or objects in the natural world
What is a myth?
400
a list of sources
What is a bibliography?
500
the main idea of the story
What is theme?
500
event that introduces the central conflict; begins the rising action
What is inciting incident?
500
Two words that have the same spelling but different meaning and, sometimes, different pronunciations
What is a homograph/multiple meaning word?
500
a brief story usually told to make a point
What is anecdote?
500
the character who struggles with the main character in a story
What is antagonist?
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