Terrific Terms
Character Chaos
Plot it out
Theme Time
Writing Right
100
These are the three parts of setting.
What are time, place, and emotional atmosphere?
100
This boy dies while running through the woods.
Who is Doodle in “The Scarlet Ibis”?
100
This is the most exciting point in a story.
What is the climax?
100
This is the definition of theme.
What is a perception about life or human nature that an author conveys to the reader?
100
These are the three basic parts of an essay.
What are introduction, body, and conclusion?
200
This is the process of revealing a character to the reader.
What is characterization?
200
This character displays heads on the walls of his home.
Who is General Zaroff in "The Most Dangerous Game"?
200
This is when we find out about characters, setting, and background.
What is the exposition?
200
“Take care of those you love” could be the theme of this short story.
What is “The Scarlet Ibis”?
200
This comes at the beginning of each body paragraph in an essay.
What is a topic sentence?
300
This is the contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
What is irony?
300
This character is a habitual liar.
Who is Vera in “The Open Window”?
300
These two parts of plot may or may not be included in a story.
What are the falling action and resolution?
300
“Don’t believe everything you hear” could be the theme of this short story.
What is “The Open Window”?
300
This one-sentence item gives readers a preview of the main points in an essay.
What is a thesis statement?
400
These are the six types of characters.
What are simple, complex, dynamic, static, major, and minor?
400
Ironically, this character is executed.
Who is Juan in “The Censors”?
400
This happens during the rising action of “The Most Dangerous Game”
What is (various answers)?
400
These are two ways to figure out the theme of a story.
What are the title, key phrases and statements about life, how characters change, and what characters learn?
400
This is the location of a thesis statement in an essay.
What is at the end of the introduction?
500
This is the definition of imagery.
What are words and phrases that appeal to a reader’s senses?
500
This character considers covering himself in an animal carcass to stay warm.
Who is the man in “To Build a Fire”?
500
These are the 5 parts of plot in the order they appear.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
500
This could be a theme for “The Most Dangerous Game.”
What is (various answers)?
500
This is one way to write an interesting introduction.
What is beginning with a statistic, a question, a quote, or a story?
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