Short Stories
All the events of a short story.
What is the plot?
All of the people or animals in a story.
Who are the characters?
The most intense moment or turning point of the action.
What is the climax?
This point of view is when the story is told by an individual who is a character and language includes "I, me, my"
What is first person point-of-view?
A poem with 3 lines and a total of 17 syllables.
What is a haiku?
The central message of a text.
What is a theme?
A character who undergoes an important inner change in personality or attitude.
What is a dynamic character?
The start of the story where the characters and situation are introduced.
What is the exposition?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!
What were the four words written in Francis' notebook?
An example of this poem could be a love message written in the form of a heart.
What is a Concrete / Shape poem?
The exact meaning of words.
What is literal language?
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
Action leading up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
A struggle between a character and an outside force, which drives the dramatic action of the plot.
What is external conflict?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What is the second line of the poem "Homework, oh Homework"?
The place and time of a story
What is the setting?
A character who does not change throughout the story.
What is a static character?
The action leading to the resolution of the story.
What is the falling action?
The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
What is tone?
Words that start with the same consonant sound and occur close together.
What is alliteration?
This point of view is when the story is told by an individual who is not a character
What is 3rd person point of view?
The hero or main character of the short story.
Who is the protagonist?
The ending point of a story where the main area of conflict is cleared or resolved.
What is the resolution?
A psychological struggle within the mind of character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot.
What is internal conflict?
A poem consisting of 7 lines - the first line and the last line are both one word (nouns) and can be synonyms or antonyms. The second and sixth lines consist of two adjectives each that describe the nouns.
What is a Diamond / Diamante poem?