Conflict
Characterization
Plot Elements
Text Questions
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The main problem or difficulty that the main character wants to change, fix, or solve. 

What is Conflict

100

Mary Catherine has not changed her hair or attitude for ten years. She is the same as always, nothing new. 

What is a Static Character

100

A story that unfolds in chronological order.

What is linear plot line

100

The Thirteenth Fairy in " Briar Rose" represents this. 

What is Evil 

100
Words you should not use when writing an informative or argumentative writing. 

What is personal pronouns. 

200

Your dad is driving you and your friends to a big football game in town. Although you left in plenty of time, he seems to have lost his way. You think you saw the football field a couple of blocks back. When you tell your dad, he says, “Who’s driving—you or me?”

What is External Conflict 

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A character affects the plot but is not a round character.

What is a secondary character. 

200
A detective is trying to solve a case, but is having trouble gathering evidence and nailing down a suspect. Not only is he spending all his time at the office, but his wife is soon filing for divorce. 


What is this an example of?

What is a subplot

200

Is Rosia an active or passive character in her own story? Support answer with one piece of evidence from the story.

What is Active. 

She goes on journeys and makes the decision to go back to her family. 

200

To tell an imaginative story that entertains and educates 

What is Authors Purpose for a traditional fairy tale.

300

You have a project due on Monday. Even though you have had several weeks to read, by Sunday night you’ve only read half the book. To make things worse, your teacher has stated, “I have high expectations for this assignment.”

What is Internal Conflict 

300

The thirteenth fairy would come, with a black cap on her head, and black shoes on her feet, and a broomstick in her hand. 

What is direct characterization

300

When Ruth Jones's alarm clock woke her at seven o'clock that morning, she had no idea that today would be the longest day of her life. 

This is an example of what?

What is Foreshadowing 

300

The family of the king. 

What is Kinsmen
300

A shift to a more up to date tone or sensibility with reimagined characters, settings, points of views, and plot events.

What is elements of a Modern Retelling

400

"The spinning wheel of time will stop," said Carabeau, "because this child, by then sixteen years old, shall grasp the Spindle that holds the thread time is always weaving"

This is an example of what.

What is the Inciting Incident 

400

The King, Rosia didn't try to dust. She would never have dared because in the past he had seldom touched her, and then only with the firmest of hands, the coolest of kisses. 

This is an example of what?

What is Indirect Characterization

400

A story that begins in the middle of things. 

What is In Media Res

400

What Rosia felt she wanted most in life, but was missing.

What is living life with her family and friends.

400
Name three major differences between the two stories. 

What is theme, character descriptions, perspective of magic curse/gift.

500

The choice between staying with the fairies or going back to her life with her family. 

This is an example of what.

What is internal conflict 

500
Three terms that every character in every story must have.

What is round, flat, static, dynamic, primary, secondary, or supplemental.

 

500

"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that i've been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." - The Great Gatsby

This is an example of what?

What is Flashback

500

The role of magic in both "Briar Rose" and "Awake."

What is controlling.

500

Events in a story that directly contradict readers' expectations. 

What is Situational Irony.