Keeping in Character
Conflict Cases
A "Crafty" Writer
Levels of Thinking
More "P" Words
100
a quality of a person/character
What is character trait?
100
Should I steal the candy bar?
What is an internal conflict or person vs. self?
100
the feeling that is evoked in the reader while reading a literary work
What is mood?
100
Why did the community move to "sameness"?
What is level 2/Inferential?
100
first person, third person limited omniscient,...
What are points of view?
200
the techniques that a writer uses to make a character "come to life" in the mind of the reader
What is characterization?
200
another word for "conflict"
What is "struggle" or "problem"?
200
the underlying message about life that the writer shares
What is theme?
200
What color were Jonas's eyes?
What is level 1/ literal?
200
The lens through which a story is told
What is perspective?
300
another term for an antagonist
What is a bully/a villain/a "bad guy"?
300
Two people arguing in the cafeteria about a seat
What is an external conflict/person vs. person?
300
a "shortcut to meaning"; representing a "bigger" idea
What is symbolism?
300
How did the receiver "get" the memories?
What is level 1/literal?
300
when a person uses other people's words or ideas and presents them as his/her own in a document
What is plagiarism?
400

The hero or heroine of the story

Who is the protagonist?

400
the point in the story (think plotline) when the reader learns the conflict
What is the exposition (usually)? (rising action also accepted)
400
When a writer suspends the plotline and refers back to an earlier experience
What is a flashback?
400
Which job is more important to the Community - the Giver's or the Receiver's?
What is level 3/Evaluative?
400
a detailed retelling of a text or passage in the reader's own words
What is paraphrase?
500
The person (sometimes a character) who is telling the story
Who is the narrator?
500
The point in the story when the conflict is usually solved
What is the resolution?
500
another name for inner voice in non-fiction/personal narrative writing
What is reflective voice?
500
Should Jonas leave the Community?
What is level 3/Critical?
500
that which follows a quoting of a text directly in one's response or essay
What is a parenthetical citation?
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