Narrative Structure
This is the part of the story where the problem starts to build?
What is the rising action?
The main person or animal the story is about.
Who is the protagonist?
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
What are the titles of three William Blake poems in Skellig
What is The Angel, The Schoolboy and The Tyger?
This is the most exciting part of the story where the main problem comes to a head.
What is the climax?
The character who works against the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
A spooky forest at night might give the story this feeling.
What is a scary or eerie mood?
The bird that brings Skellig food.
What is the tawny owl?
This is the part of the story where the loose ends are tied up after the climax.
What is the falling action?
These characters only appear briefly and are not central to the plot.
What are minor characters?
The weather, time of day, and season are part of this story element.
What is the setting?
What does mum see in the hospital before the baby gets better?
This part of the story tells you how everything ends.
What is the resolution?
The thoughts, feelings, and actions in a story can help you figure this out about a character.
What is their personality or character traits?
The way the author makes the reader feel is called this.
What is mood?
What do they finally call the baby and why?
What is Joy. She symbolises the wonder, beauty and hope that they've gone through?
The order of events in a story is called this.
What is the plot?
A character who changes a lot during the story is called this.
What is a dynamic/believable character?
A story that combines fantasy and magic like Skellig is what genre?
What is magical realism?
What is Skellig?
What is an angel?