Story Structure
Plot
Setting
Compare and Contrast
Text Vocabulary
100
What is story structure?
the framework writers use to develop the events of the plot
100
What is the conflict?
The main problem or struggle in the text
100
What is a setting?
the time and place in which the events of a story’s plot unfold
100
What does it mean to compare within a story?
to explain how 2 or more things are similiar
100
What does it mean to derive?
to reason by deduction; to infer
200
What is the plot?
The series of events that take place in a story or narrative
200
What is the inciting incident?
the first event that where the conflict is obvious
200
What is the mood?
the emotion or atmosphere of a story or poem
200
What does it mean to find the contrast in the story?
To find the differences of 2 or more things in the story.
200
What is a hardship? Give an example.
great difficulty or suffering (teacher will judge the example)
300
What is a flashback?
an event set in an earlier time period, usually to show how a previous experience affected a character
300
What is a turning point?
When the plot suddenly changes
300
Who is the charater?
the individuals in the story
300
What is it to quote something?
to use the author's exact words from the text, using quotation marks around the words
300
What is it to seek? Use in a sentence that could be used as a context clue (give the reader a clue of what it means) in the reading.
to try to locate or discover (teacher will judge the sentence)
400
What is the theme of the story?
the central idea or message in a work of literature
400
What is the resolution?
the final outcome of the the story's conflict
400
Give the setting of "Hatchet".
(several answers- teacher to judge the response)
400
What does it mean to paraphrase something?
to restate a story or passage in your own words
400
What does inadequacy mean? What would a light sweater be inadequate for?
the quality or state of not being enough or not being good enough
(very cold weather, rainy day, etc)
500
Give the story structure of Scout's Honor.
(answer to be judged by teacher)
500
Give an overview of the plot from one of the stories read in our unit.
(correct response to be judged by teacher)
500
Give two settings of "Scout's Honor".
(Several possible responses, teacher is the judge)
500
Compare and contrast "Hatchett" and "Scout's Honor".
(several answers are possible, teacher will judge the correct answer)
500
Analyze the following image. you must use 5 details to get the 500 points.
