Plot Structure
This part of the story tells the who, what, where and when.
What is the exposition?
A conflict inside a character's heart or mind. It is a type of conflict that is man v man.
What is internal conflict?
This narrator is in the story, telling the story from their own point of view.
What is first person?
What type of figurative language is this: The wind whipped wildly across the wagon's wheels.
What is alliteration?
Define compare vs contrast.
What is compare: how they are alike or the same. Contrast is how they are different?
This part of the story shows how conflict becomes more difficult. It is usually not just one event, but multiple events.
What is the rising action?
A conflict between a character and something outside the character.
What is external conflict?
The narrator is not part of the story and refers to the characters using phrases like he and she.
What is third person?
I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant is an example of what?
What is hyperbole?
Another name for the main character of a novel, the plot is about them.
What is the protagonist?
This is the part of the story where the tension eases, the main characters resolve the conflict.
What is the falling action?
The types of conflict include: Man v Man, Man v. Nature, Man v. Self, and Man v what?
What is society?
This is how the author feels about the subject they are writing.
What is the tone?
Write a simile about your amazing 6th grade teacher.
What is... examples will vary.
This is a person or force that opposes the protagonist?
What is the antagonist?
This part of the story reveals how everything turns out.
What is the resolution?
"At the same time the wind tore at the fire and sprayed red coals and sparks in a cloud around him. Then it backed out, seemed to hesitate momentarily, and returned with a massive roar; a roar that took his ears and mind and body." This excerpt from Hatchet is what type of external conflict?
What is Man v Nature?
This is how the reader feels during the story.
What is the mood?
Define onomatopoeia.
What is a word that sounds like the sound it describes?
What is the lesson or message the author wants you to learn from the story?
This is the most exciting part of the story. The outcome of the conflict becomes more clear. The main character learns or changes.
Give an example of a type of conflict in one of the books your class has read aloud this year...
What is answers will vary ?
Give an example of a mood you have gotten from one of our short stories in class this year.
Answers will vary.
The sun waved goodbye as it dipped below the horizon is an example of what?
What is personification?
What language does the author use when they incorporate sensory details into a story?
What is language that appeals to the five senses (tough, sight, hear, smell, taste) ?