Big Takeaways
Key Terms
The Ups and Downs of a Plot
Author's Moves/Literary Devices
Challenges
100

The message or moral of the story, such as "never give up" or "take your time and do things right," is also known as?

Theme

100

A setting is defined by what two concepts?

Time and Place

100

The main problem or hardship(s) faced by a character or characters.

Conflict

100

Hinting at something to come later on...such as a crow flying by or someone feeling concerned

Foreshadowing

100

The two types of conflict (must give an example of each, too)

Internal and External

200

The overall feeling/atmosphere felt by readers in reading a story, described with words like "cheerful," "angry," "calm," "peaceful," etc...

Mood

200

Characters conversing/speaking with one another, often marked with quotations, is known as?

Dialogue

200

How everything shapes out in the end - where the problem is finally concluded

Resolution

200

The word choice used to create certain feelings/imagery

Diction

200

The main character (often the good guy) and their opponent (often a bad guy) are known as ____ and ____, respectively. (give an example for each!)

Protagonist and Antagonist

300

What actually happens in a story - the cause and effect sequence of events from start to finish

Plot

300

The person telling the story

Narrator

300

The peak, intense moment of a story - what everything has been building up to, the final battle, confrontation, moment of self-discovery

Climax

300

Language that paints a picture in the reader's mind

Descriptive/figurative/sensory

300

Characters that are not the main characters, but can still impact the plot (give an example from any book/tv show/movie)

Secondary Characters

400

The author's attitude towards a story, often described with words such as "aggressive," "comical," "negative," "excited," "light-hearted," sincere," etc...

Tone

400

The building of a character based on what they say, do, think, feel, look like, and impact others in order to establish who the character is and perhaps demonstrate a theme

Characterization

400

The build up of a story - the bubbling of problems and interactions that lead to a big moment.

Rising actions

400

When the unexpected happens (dramatic or situational)

Irony



400

Shifts in time between present and pst when a character thinks about/recalls something from their past is known as?

Flashback
500

The general type of the literary work such as "action, science fiction, fantasy, romance, etc..."

Genre

500

The point of view of a story told by a person uninvolved in the story with pronouns such as "they, he, and she."

Second Person

500

Draw the shape of a plot diagram.

_/\_

500

The feeling/build up of anticipation, excitement, and uncertainty by an author towards some event that may happen. It helps to keep readers' interests.

Suspense

500

The act by a reader of guessing/anticipating what is to come in the story based on what they have read so far.

Inferencing