Plot Diagram
A plot diagram has this many points.
What is five?
A short story has this many elements.
What is five?
General Zaroff is a main character of this short story.
What is "The Most Dangerous Game?"
This is the point of view where the narrator is referring to himself/herself.
What is first person point of view?
In a short story, the struggle of a plot is this.
What is conflict?
This is the high point of the story; the suspense builds up to this point.
What is the climax?
The lesson an author wants you to take away from the story is called this.
What is theme?
Who is the narrator of "The Scarlet Ibis?"
Who is Doodle's older brother?
Second person point of view is defined as this.
What is when the reader is directly addressed?
The suspense is starting to build up towards the climax at this plot point.
What is the rising action?
This is the end of the plot diagram; loose ends are tied up, and the story comes to an end.
What is the resolution?
The setting has these three parts.
What are time, location, and weather?
What did Della sacrifice for Jim's Christmas gift, and what did Jim sacrifice for Della's Christmas gift?
What is her hair and his watch?
These are the three types of third person point of view.
What are third person objective, third person omniscient, and third person limited?
The atmosphere created by a work of literature is this.
What is mood?
The exposition consists of these points.
What are the setting, the introduction of characters, and the introduction of the problem?
Characters can be _______ or can be ________.
What are humans/animals?
Who are the two main characters of "The Cask of Amontillado?"
Who are Fortunado and Montresor?
In this point of view, the narrator describes the story without describing any character’s thoughts, opinions, or feelings.
The definition of tone is this.
What is the attitude a writer takes towards a subject?
In order, these are the points of the plot diagram.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
These are the elements to a short story.
What are plot, character, conflict, theme, and setting?
James Hurst wrote ______, Edgar Allen Poe wrote ______, O. Henry wrote _______, Richard Connell wrote ______, and Guy de Maupassant wrote ______.
What are "The Scarlet Ibis," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Gift of the Magi," "The Most Dangerous Game," and "The Necklace?"
In this point of view, the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters.
What is third person omniscient?
The following is an example of this point of view:
"Jeremiah squinted from the sun. He was thinking about the game. They could have won. He could have won the game for them. All he needed to do was catch the ball, but he didn't. He dropped it. His coach talked to him. "Jeremiah, we had a great season. Nobody's perfect. Look at me. Ha ha," he said. Jeremiah smiled at the coach, but he couldn't forgive himself so easily."
What is third person limited?