Theme
Character
Plot
Point of View
100
What is Theme?
The main message or idea of a story and is universal.
100
Types of Characters (3 of them)
Main Character, Side-Character, Opposing Character
100
What is Plot?
The order of events or main actions in a story
100
The narrator is a part of the story (character)
Often uses I or We
First-Person
200
Common Theme Examples (at least 2)
Good vs Evil, Love, Redemption, Courage and Perseverance, Coming of age, Revenge, Life, Death.
200
Protagonist and Antagonist?
the main character who is experiencing conflict and the opposing force in the story.
200
What is the setting?
The place, the time, and the social situation
200
Usually for instructions
Uses You; from "Your" perspective
Second-Person
300
What are the Major and Minor Themes
A major theme is an idea that a writer
repeats in his work, making it the most
the significant idea in a literary work.
A minor theme refers to an idea that
appears in a work briefly and that may or
may not give way to another minor theme.
300
What are the four main character traits to look for...?
Behavior, motivation, personality types, relationships with others.
300
The general quality or attitude of a story is called?
Tone
300
The narrator usually isn't involved.
Tells others stories
Uses "He/Him", "She/Her", & Character names
Third-Person
400
Theme statement vs Theme topic
Theme statement is the message and Theme Topic is the subject
400
Two types of Character conflict
Internal or External
400
Name the five points of a plot chart
Exposition/Beginning, Inciting Event/Kick off, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Conclusion/Ending.
400
Three Types of Third-Person POVs
Omniscient, Limited, Objective
500
. Barry liked playing board games, but he hated losing. He hated losing so much that he would do whatever it took to win, even bending or breaking the rules. He'd steal money from the bank and hide it under the couch cushions. He'd skip spaces while he was moving around the board. He'd shortchange others' money that they were owed and argue with them about it. Barry's techniques were effective. He did win most of the games that he played, but the people whom he played with were his friends and family, and it didn't take too long until they caught on to Barry's tricks. They tried to tell Barry to stop cheating. They said that the game wasn't any fun when he cheated, but he didn't listen. He continued with his treacherous style of gameplay until nobody would play with him anymore. Barry may have won a lot of games, but at what cost?
Answers vary... Example answers - Winning isn't everything; cheaters never prosper.
500
Man vs environment
500
Crack! The storm raged as the men scrambled around the deck, bracing equipment. The pirate captain wrestled with the wheel. The mighty ocean tossed them to and fro. He began yelling at the men over the noise of the storm, "Argh! We must bring down the sails men! You and you… bring them down!" He called out to a pirate wearing a striped sweater and another one with a bandanna. The pirate with the bandanna began shimmying up the mast to the crow's-nest. The pirate wearing the striped sweater put his sword in his belt and began climbing up behind him.
Pirate Ship in the middle of a storm.
500
Spaceman Spartacus spoke through the communication device in his spacesuit, "Chief Rourke, do you see anything movin' in my vicinity?" Spaceman Spartacus was worried about unidentified creatures ambushing him. He had seen a lot of things in this Universe, and many of those things frightened him. Chief Rourke clicked the radar panel on the monitor. A map came up with several large Xs approaching Spaceman Spartacus. Chief Rourke knew that this meant trouble. He was afraid for his friend so he shouted, "Spartacus! Get out of there now!"
Third-person omniscient
the narrator reveals the internal thoughts and feelings of more than one character (Spaceman Spartacus and Chief Rourke)