Plot Vocabulary
Setting Vocabulary
Plot
Setting
Conflict
100
The most intense part of a story, what the conflict has been building towards, and/or a turning point in the story.
What is climax?
100
The time, place, and context in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
100
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100
This does not happen by accident. Rather, this is chosen by the author for a specific purpose/reason.
What is the setting?
100
Any struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
200
The series of conflicts that gradually build to the most intense point.
What is the rising action?
200
This aspect of setting is when a story takes place.
What is time?
200
The organized sequence of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
200
In order to learn and share the most about the setting of a story, you must look past the surface details. You must ___ ______!
What is dig deeper?
200
The main character in a story--the one who we follow through the story.
What is the protagonist?
300
What happens after the climax, and the final clarification of the conflict/story. (Hint: You need two answers to get credit)
What is the falling action and the resolution?
300
This aspect of setting is where a story takes place.
What is place?
300
"Once upon a time, there were three bears. There was a Daddy Bear, who was very big, a Mama Bear, who was middle-sized, and a Baby Bear, who was very small. They all lived together in a little cottage in the middle of the woods. Their favorite breakfast was porridge. One morning, after they made their porridge, Daddy Bear said, ‘Let’s go for walk in the woods until it cools.’ Mama Bear and Baby Bear liked the idea, so off they went. While they were away, a little girl named Goldilocks came walking through the forest and smelled the porridge…" (What is this an example of?)
What is an example of exposition?
300
Setting has an impact on how the story develops. If the setting was different, the events of the story would be very different. (Hint: Setting has an impact on ____?)
What is the plot?
300
The person, thing, or force that opposes the main character.
What is the antagonist?
400
The first time the conflict of a story appears. The moment that the plot begins.
What is the inciting incident?
400
This aspect of setting is the circumstances that form the background of a story.
What is context?
400
A scene that temporarily takes the narrative forward in time from the current point in the story.
What is a flashforward?
400
Setting has an impact on how the reader feels. If the setting was different, the way the reader feels could be very different. (Hint: Setting has an impact on ____?)
What is mood?
400
When the struggle of a story comes from other characters, forces, or outside dangers.
What is external conflict?
500
The part of a story that introduces background information about the setting, characters, and conflict.
What is the exposition?
500
When the author evokes feelings within the reader through words and descriptions.
What is mood?
500
A scene in a narrative that takes place before the current point of the story.
What is a flashback?
500
The setting can have a direct impact on them by acting against them (survival stories), or it can have an impact on who they are (through their upbringing). (Hint: Setting has an impact on ____?)
What is characters?
500
When the struggle of the story occurs within the character. This struggle often has to do with feelings or emotions.
What is internal conflict?
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