Vocabulary
Plot Diagram
All Summer in a Day
Thank You M'am
Conflict
100

the events in a story

What is plot

100
the background; introduces the story
What is exposition
100

This is where the story takes place.

What is Venus?

100

What does Mrs. Jones give Roger at the end of the story?

money for the shoes

100

Should I stick up for my best friend who is getting teased?

internal conflict/Person vs. Self

200

when the reader learns something about a character through their actions and/or dialogue 

What is indirect characterization?

200

the events that occur after and because of the climax

What is falling action

200

Why the children don't like Margot.

What is her knowledge of the sun?

200
Which event in "Thank You M'am" is an example of an external conflict?
Roger tries to take Mrs. Jones's purse.
200
The A.I. singularity takes over Earth and enslaves all humans

Person vs. Technology

300

When the author hints at future events in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

300
the wrap-up or conclusion
What is resolution
300

This is the climax of the story.

What is when the children push Margot into the closet?

300
What is one example of an internal conflict?
Roger is thinking about running out of her apartment.
300

The captain of the ship vs. a hurricane

person vs. nature

400
a struggle between opposing forces
What is Conflict
400
the main events in the story that lead to the climax
What is rising action
400

A possible moral or lesson learned from the story (also called a theme).

What is treat people the way you want to be treated?

400

Why does Roger offer to go to the store for Mrs. Jones?

He wants to show Mrs. Jones that he can be trusted.

400

Batman vs. Joker

person vs. person

500

When a writer spells words in a way that best recreates the way a character sounds when they talk

What is dialect?

500
the turning point or big event
What is climax
500

The author of the story.

Who is Ray Bradbury?

500
How do Mrs. Jones and Roger spend the evening?
She has Roger wash up and then prepares dinner for the two of them
500

Hunger Games: Katniss vs. the Capitol

person vs. society