Plot
This is another name for the basic situation.
What is exposition?
Examples of this vocabulary word include Daisy, Niayiah, Taiseana, Lapis, Eric, Cheyanne, Matt, KK, Hezzy, David, Mason, Maddie, Kelsey, Caylann, Brock.
What is appellation?
This prefix means new.
What is neo-?
This is the climax of the story Before and After.
What is when Jacob confesses and tells the truth.
This person is the main character of a story.
Who is the protagonist?
The part of the plot structure that comes directly after the climax and prior to the resolution.
What is falling action?
Vocabulary would be part of this subject.
What is linguistics or the study of language?
The meaning of the prefix poly-?
What is many?
This is a situation in which a person is faced with a decision involving two options, both of which have a negative consequence as well as a positive one, making the decision extremely difficult.
What is a dilemma?
An author makes a reference to something well-known (a place, a person, another story, etc) to make a connection.
What is an allusion?
The turning point in the story.
What is the climax?
Alexander the Great, William Penn, Jonas Salk, George Washington are all examples of this vocabulary word.
What is an eponym or a person for which something is named?
These three letters at the beginning of a word usually signal a connection to something bad, evil or negative.
What is mal-?
These factors (name at least two) lead an individual to act upon instinct.
What are fear, threat to survival, time pressure, danger, trauma triggers?
This type of poem spells out a word, a phrase, a pattern or a message with the first letter of each line.
What is an acrostic?
This sets the story in motion and presents the story's major conflict.
What is the inciting incident?
Technology has created many of these during our lifetime.
What are neologisms or new words?
Saying "I want you to exercise tonight; pacifically, I want you to run five laps" makes one guilty of this vocabulary word.
What is a malapropism or incorrect (bad) use of a word? (pacifically should be specifically)
Caroline, Ben and Jacob Ryan all face this type of conflict.
What is man v self, man v society?
Provide evidence
This is the unusual format for the date in MLA style.
What is day, month spelled in full, year with no punctuation? (ex., 24 September 2026)
This is the name given to the structure of plot and includes the major elements of plot.
What is Freytag's Pyramid?
Bonus: Name the basic elements of the pyramid in order.
Footnotes are an example of this vocabulary word.
What is an annotation?
The reason you know that neovascular vessels are blood vessels that have recently developed.
What is because neo-means new?
This allusion is used by Ben Ryan to explain his feelings about his choice to protect his son.
What is the story of Abraham and Isaac from the Bible?
This is the phrase or sentence that should never be included in an essay or composition.
What is "in the essay I am going to tell you....."?