Characters
"Who" the story is about
Who are the characters?
The setting is __________ and ____________ a story takes place.
What is time and place?
What is plot?
What are the events of a story?
What is conflict?
What is the struggle between two or more characters in a story?
Definition of theme
What is the message, lesson, or moral of the story?
True or false: The main character must be one that is developed throughout the story
What is true?
This is when the setting and characters are first introduced in the plot of a short story
What is the exposition?
The peak of action and conflict.
What is the climax?
Name the two major types of conflict.
What is internal and external conflict?
True or false: A theme is a message, moral, or lesson, that only applies to one story
What is false?
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to the protagonist.
Who is the antagonist?
True or False: There is not more than one setting in a story
What is false?
This is when the conflict is first introduced in the plot of a short story
What is the rising action?
When a character struggles with a natural force (natural disaster, desolation, animal, etc.)
What is Character vs. Nature?
What is the difference between main idea and theme?
What is the theme is the moral (it teaches you a lesson about the story) while the main idea is the point of the story or the most important thought?
What does STEAL stand for?
What are speech, thoughts, effects, actions, and looks?
What is the setting of "The King of Mazy May"?
Where is the Mazy May Creek in the Klondike, an area in the Yukon Territory of Canada?
After the climax, when the story begins to lead to a solution to the conflict.
What is the falling action?
Name the type of conflict.
Greg has mixed emotions toward his girlfriend and doesn’t know whether he wants to continue to see her.
What is internal conflict?
There can only be one theme or universal theme in a story. True or False.
What is false?
When the character SHOWS YOU their personality through speech, action, and more.
What is indirect characterization?
The setting helps to establish the _____ of a story.
What is mood?
The struggle between the antagonist and the protagonist is also called _______________.
What is conflict?
Name one conflict AND the conflict type from the story The Great Rat Hunt
The story has the theme: Some people have problems that sometimes we don't understand, but we can learn more by asking questions.
Stop the Sun by Gary Paulsen