Plot
The part of plot where we learn about the characters, setting, and atmosphere.
The exposition
Name the conflict: You’re walking through the basement of your house and you hear a mysterious creaking sound. You turn your head and you see something move out of the corner of your eye.
Character vs Supernatural
This type of character changes throughout the story
Dynamic
BONUS 100: can you name a dynamic character?
What is a theme?
What the author wants us to learn from their story.
This is when the author gives us clues about what is going to happen
Foreshadowing
The part of the plot where things get more and more exciting.
The rising action
Name the conflict: You’re writing an essay for your favourite English class on the computer. All of a sudden, it shuts down, erasing everything you had worked on.
Character vs Technology
This type of character sits in the background. They are not the main person we follow.
Minor character
This point of view uses the pronouns "I", "Me", and "We".
First person
This is when our story pauses and the author shows us something that has happened in the past
Flashback
The definition of the inciting incident
The piece of action that kicks off the entire story.
Name the conflict: Your school has an amazing hockey team- for boys. When you and a group of your girlfriends want to start a girls’ hockey program, you’re told that there is no money left in the athletic budget.
Character vs Society
This is the character who is trying to STOP the protagonist.
Antagonist
This POV can see into MORE THAN ONE person's thoughts
Third Person Omniscient
BONUS 100: give me an example of this POV
This is the feeling we get from reading a story
Mood
The resolution of "The Escape"
Boris is trapped forever with a skeleton friend.
Name the conflict: At a party, you spent a lot of time talking to a friend from your math class. His girlfriend, however, has spread a rumour around the school that you’re trying to take him away from her.
Character vs Character
This type of character stays the same throughout the story.
Static
false!!
DIRECT characterization is...
When the author tells us directly about a character.
BONUS 100: can you give me an example?
The definition of denoument
The unravelling of any mysteries left in the story; tells us everything we are left wondering about.
Name the conflict: You have a book report due on Friday. Even though you’ve had several weeks to read, by Tuesday you’ve only read half the book.
Character vs Self
TRUE OR FALSE: A character can be BOTH dynamic and static.
FALSE!
Michael Jordan was rejected from his high school basketball team. Instead of giving up, he continued training and eventually became the most famous basketball player ever. What theme can we learn from this story?
If you keep trying, even when things are tough, you will be rewarded.
Setting is the time and place of a story. What are the four aspects that can affect setting?
Geographical location
Historical period
Season
Time of Day