Plot Diagram
Elements of fiction
Types of Conflict
Figurative Language
Point of View
Connotation vs. Denotation
Text Structures
Text Features
100
This is the part of the plot that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.
Exposition
100
What is the setting?
100 points for each correct answer. 3 potential answers.
Time, place, and physical characteristics.
100
A character opposes another character
Man vs. Man
100
A comparison using "like" or "as."
Simile
100
The narrator is a character in the story and uses "I" and "me."
First Person
100
The dictionary definition of a word.
Denotation
100
A text structure that presents a problem and offers solutions.
Problem/Solution
100
A text feature that helps readers locate key ideas in a nonfiction text, found at the beginning.
Table of Contents
200
The conclusion of the story, where conflicts are resolved.
Resolution
200
Who is the main character? (do your best with spelling)
Protagonist
200
Weather opposes the character(s)
Man vs. Nature
200
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
Personification
200
A story where the narrator speaks directly to the reader using "you."
Second Person
200
The emotions and associations a word carries beyond its dictionary meaning. The way a word makes you feel
Connotation.
200
A text structure that explains how something is similar or different.
Compare/Contrast
200
A text feature that gives definitions of important words, often found at the back of a book.
Glossary
300
This part of the story follows the climax and leads toward resolution.
Falling action
300
Who opposes the main character? (do your best with spelling).
Antagonist
300
The characters are opposed by creatures such as vampires, werewolves, zombies
Man vs. Supernatural
300
An extreme exaggeration used for effect.
Hyperbole
300
The narrator is not in the story but knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
Third person limited
300
The word "cheap" has this type of connotation.
Negative connotation
300
A text structure that explains events in the order they happened.
Chronological
300
A short explanation under a picture or illustration.
Caption
400
The turning point or the most intense moment in a story.
Climax
400
A character that stays the same throughout the whole story. This character never changes.
Static Character
400
The characters oppose computers, robots, and the internet
Man vs. Technology
400
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
400
The narrator is all-knowing and can reveal thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.
Third person omniscient
400
Give me a word that has a negative connotation but means the same as "a group of people"
Examples: clique, mob, sheep
400
A text structure that explains why something happens and what results from it.
Cause/Effect
400
An image (drawn or taken with a camera) included in an article.
Double points for the two potential answers.
Photograph or Illustration.
500
The event that introduces the central conflict and gets the story moving.
Initiating event/inciting incident
500
This character changes or is different at the end of the story
Dynamic Character
500
For double points. This question has two potential answers.
This type of conflict involves a character struggling with their own mind.
Man vs. Self aka internal conflict
500
A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally, such as "It's raining cats and dogs."
Idiom
500
The narrator tells only what can be observed without knowing characters' thoughts. (This is usually reserved for news reports and the like).
Third person objective
500
A word with a positive connotation that means the same as "stubborn."
Determined
500
A text structure that describes a topic using details and characteristics.
Description
500
Word boxes that point to each part of an image which help with the names of each part.
Label