Key Terms (Easy)
The time place and duration of the story.
What is the setting?
This type of conflict occurs when two characters struggle against each other.
What is character vs. character?
It is one of the two types of conflict. This is when there is a struggle with a force outside one's self.
What is an external conflict?
This is the name of the main character in 'Munitions'
Who is Bertha Martin?
This is an example of..."The boy is a pig."
What is a metaphor?
It is the sequence of events in a story or a play.
What is the plot?
This type of ending leaves the reader with questions in their head. It is an inconclusive ending.
What is a cliffhanger or open ending?
This is a type of conflict where the leading character struggles with himself/herself; with his/her own soul, ideas of right or wrong, physical limitations, choices, etc.
What is character vs. themselves?
The resolution in "The Story of an Hour"
A story about a character struggling with personal issues is using this kind of conflict.
What is internal?
It is the highest point of the story.
What is the climax?
This is the beginning of the story where the characters and the setting of the story are revealed.
What is exposition or introduction?
This quote is an example of...."The girl's backpack felt as heavy as a sack of potatoes."
What is a simile?
'Munitions' is set in this season
What is spring?
What is dramatic irony?
It is the main character of the story.
Who is the protagonist?
The attitude that the author has towards the characters, setting, or reader.
What is the tone?
Second person narration uses these key words
What are you and yours?
The short film Kitbull has this type of conflict
What is character vs. character?
Setting helps us better understand this element of storytelling
What is mood?
The person in a work of fiction.
What is a character?
The events in the story where it begins to become complicated.
What is the rising action?
This is a point of view told from the third person. The narrator tells the reader what all of the characters are thinking.
What is omniscient?
"They bounce across the surface of the water like skipped rocks" is from this story and uses what kind of figurative language
What is Raging Waters and simile?
This is the term for what happens when everything is solved at the end of the story.
What is the denouement?