Plot
Characterization
Point of View
Story Elements
Word of the Day
100
The emotional high point of a story.
What is climax?
100
A character that does not change in a story.
What is a static character?
100
The narrator is one of the characters in the story and is referred to as "I" or "me".
What is first person point of view?
100
The time and place that the story takes place.
What is setting?
100
A person who rejects a cause, allegiance, religion, or group for another.
What is renegade?
200
The beginning of the plot where the characters, setting, and conflicts are introduced.
What is exposition?
200
The main character in a story who is not necessarly a hero or a heroine and is struggling with a conflict.
What is protagonist?
200
The pronoun "you" is used in this point of view.
What is second person point of view?
200
People who are involved in the action of the story.
What are characters?
200
An amount of something to be done, made, or sold.
What is quota?
300
The story or conflict is developed with complications and twists.
What is rising action?
300
A character that changes throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
300
The narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character, using "he" or "she"
What is third person limited point of view?
300
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
300
A rebirth or revival.
What is renaissance?
400
This shows what happens to the characters after the climax.
What is falling action?
400
The opponent in a story- may be society, nature, a person, or an aspect of the protagonist.
Who is an antagonist?
400
The narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts and feelings of all the characters and events.
What is third person omnicient point of view?
400
The central message of a story that a reader can apply from.
What is theme?
400
A broad range of related ideas, qualities, or activities.
What is spectrum?
500
This part of the plot shows how the conflict or problem is resolved.
What is resolution?
500
A secondary character who contrasts with a major character. (ex: Mercutio to Romeo in Romeo & Juliet)
What is a foil?
500
The narrator describes the characters and action in the story.
What is third person point of view?
500
Theme must be inferred by clues in the story.
What is implied theme?
500
I was lying in _______; therefore, I fell asleep.
What is repose?
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