The series of events that lead to the climax of the story.
What is Rising Action?
100
Conflict in which a character struggles against some outside force
What is External Conflict?
100
The most important character in the story
What is the Main Character?
100
This informs the reader of the location and time period in which the story takes place.
What is the Setting?
100
The series of events that take place after the climax.
What is Falling Action?
200
The most emotional or suspenseful moment in the story, when the outcome is decided one way or another.
What is the Climax?
200
when a character struggles against another character
What is Character vs. Character?
200
Words, especially adjectives, that describe a character's personality
What is Character Traits?
200
This is an idea that the writer wishes to convey (give) about a particular subject in life or human nature.
What is the Theme?
200
This grabs the reader's attention at the beginning of a good writing piece.
What is the Hook?
300
Establishes the way things are going to be from then on in the lives of the characters.
What is the Resolution?
300
when a character stuggles against a natural force
What is Character vs. Nature?
300
A character or force in conflict with tor working against the main character
What is an Antagonist?
300
This is a lesson that is taught by a literary work.
What is a Moral?
300
A graphic organizer that illustrates the basic plot of a story.
What is the Plot Diagram?
400
Introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation
What is the Exposition?
400
when a character struggles against his/herself
What is Character vs. Self?
400
A character is revealed by the way they look and dress, by their inner thoughts and feelings, and through the conversations in the story that are called __________.
What is Dialogue?
400
Words that appeal to the five senses, and other types of descriptive words create this in the mind of the reader.
What is Visual Imagery?
400
A scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to tell events that occurred in the past.
What is a Flashback?
500
These arise as the characters take steps to resolve the conflict.
What is Complications?
500
takes place within the mind of a character - a struggle with emotions, decisions, etc.
What is Internal Conflict?
500
This is the main character in a literary work, usually a person, but can be an animal.
What is the Protagonist?
500
This is prose writing that tells about imaginery characters and events, including short stories and novels.