The 5 Elements
Characters
Plot
Conflict
Random
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The 5 elements of a short story as described by the rap song we viewed in class called "5 Things".
What are plot, character, conflict, theme and setting?
100
Referring to Disney, Cinderella, Jasmine, Snow White, Rapunzel, Belle and Ariel are examples of this type of character.
What is a protagonist?
100
The highest point of suspense.
What is the climax of a story?
100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8CR7jaYNsI The movie for this trailer is a perfect example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Nature?
100
Said, whispered, yelled, cried and asked are common examples of these types of words which indicate that a character is speaking.
What is a dialogue tag?
200
"Like where the story is going down".
What is setting?
200
He is the perfect example of this type of character as he goes against the beloved Harry Potter: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a3/Lordvoldemort.jpg
What is an Antagonist?
200
This is also referred to as the series of events that take place in a story, and is depicted by this graph: http://staff.fcps.net/tcarr/shortstory/graph.gif
What is a plot digram/plot line?
200
The main character of a story being unable to overcome an internal struggle is an example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Self?
200
"I felt as if a ball of fire had been thrown into my face; as if my chest had been bound with barbed wire." Is a perfect example of a story written in this point of view.
What is first person?
300
"A struggle in the plot, now who's on top, could be a fight for money, like some robbers and cops."
What is conflict?
300
This type of character is defined as a protagonist who does not have conventional heroic attributes. Meaning, we still wish the best for this character, yet their morals are questionable. Some examples would be: Beetlejuice from Beetlejuice, Dexter Morgan from Dexter, Walter White from Breaking Bad and Peter Griffin from Family Guy.
What is an Anti-Hero?
300
This is when we are first introduced to the main character(s) and the setting of a story. Usually, this is when we want to 'hook' our readers.
What is the beginning a story?
300
During the Hunger Games, in the arena the players have to fight to the death; a gruesome example of this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Man?
300
"The hobbit was a very well-to-do hobbit, and his name was Baggins. The Bagginses had lived in the neighbourhood of The Hill for time out of mind, and people considered them very respectable..." This excerpt from the first chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" shows us that this story is written in this point of view.
What is third person?
400
The long running animated sitcom The Simpsons has 151 of these, most shown in the following image: http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/content/characters/poster/full.jpg
What are characters.
400
This is used to show conversation between two characters in the plot.
What is dialogue?
400
Here is an example of this part of a plot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmfyDImW2qk
What is the ending/resolution?
400
This type of conflict involves the main character(s) being up against societal constraints and is also a type of conflict displayed in the Hunger Games.
What is Man vs. Society?
400
When peer editing, you do this to show someone that they need to capitalize a letter.
What is three underlines underneath the letter that needs capitalization?
500
After reading the short story "All Summer in a Day" we learned that it was not okay to bully someone else just because we think they are different. This element is also called a main message.
What is theme?
500
The protagonist in the story "All Summer in a Day".
Who is Margot?
500
This is the series of events leading up to the climax.
What is the rising action.
500
http://www.mnn.com/sites/default/files/flood530.jpg This image displays this type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Nature?
500
The story "Cinderella is SO Annoying!" is told by who?
Who is the Stepmother?
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