PLOT
This plot element introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation.
What is Exposition?
“Her smile was as bright as the sun.”
What is a Simile?
When the author tells the reader what a character is like.
What is Direct Characterization?
What does STEAL stand for?
What is Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks?
The event that starts the central conflict.
What is the Inciting Incident?
This is the most intense moment of the central conflict.
What is Climax?
“The classroom was a zoo.”
What is a Metaphor?
Showing a character studying every night and earning top grades is an example of this type of characterization.
What is Indirect Characterization?
“‘I refuse to cheat,’ Daniel said firmly.”
This part of STEAL is being used.
What is Speech?
Correct plot order: Exposition → ______ → Climax → ______ → Resolution
What is Rising Action and Falling Action?
This is a series of events that build suspense and develop the conflict.
What is Rising Action?
“I’ve told you a million times!”
What is Hyperbole?
If a character constantly helps strangers, we can infer they are this trait.
What is Compassionate?
Other students admire Aisha for defending classmates. This part of STEAL is being used.
What is Effect on Others?
“He spilled the beans.”
What is an Idiom?
This shows the consequences after the climax.
What is Falling Action?
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
What is Personification?
“Though she claimed she wasn’t nervous, her hands trembled…”
This is indirect characterization through this method.
What are Actions?
When readers figure out traits based on clues in the text, they are doing this.
What is Making an Inference?
A dove representing peace is this literary device.
What is Symbolism?
This is the conclusion where conflicts are resolved.
What is Resolution?
“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
What is Alliteration?
Direct characterization vs. indirect characterization:
Direct = ______; Indirect = ______
Direct = Tells; Indirect = Shows
Internal conflict means this type of struggle.
What is a character vs. self conflict?
DAILY DOUBLE
Exposition → Rising Action → Climax → Falling Action → Resolution