Plot Elements
The beginning of the story where characters, setting, and main conflict are introduced.
What is the Exposition?
The time and place where a story happens.
What is setting?
A story or account of events that can be real or imagined.
What is a narrative?
The most intense or turning point of the story — when the conflict reaches its peak.
“He ran as fast as a cheetah.”
What is a simile?
Customs, beliefs, or practices passed down from generation to generation.
What is tradition?
The main problem or struggle in the story (can be internal or external).
What is conflict?
“Her smile was sunshine.”
What is a metaphor?
The three stages of the Native American life cycle.
What are birth, death, and rebirth?
Events that happen after the climax and start to resolve the story
What is falling action?
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
What is personification?
Native American myths usually teach __________________ and practical knowledge about the natural world.
What are moral lessons?
The french word for "Resolution". HINT: starts with a D
What is denoument?
"The sweet aroma of the vanilla almond cake filled the room"
What is imagery?
Two reasons Native American literature was not considered "authentic" literature.
What is
(1) they needed to be translated from hundreds of indigenous languages
(2) they were passed down through Oral Tradition