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Plot
Plot Elements
Plot Terms
Figurative Language
Simple, Compound, Complex, or Compound Complex
100
Another name for the turning point of the story (the most exciting part).
What is climax?
100
The time and place a story takes place.
What is setting?
100
The main bad character in a story.
What is villain/antagonist?
100
My mom is as busy as a bee.
What is simile?
100
I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station.
What is a simple sentence?
200
The action that follows the climax.
What is falling action?
200
The way events are ordered to create a story.
What is plot?
200
At the beginning of a story, you learn that Jack is an adventurous young man who loves mountain biking.
What is exposition?
200
The alligator’s teeth are white daggers.
What is a metaphor?
200
Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.
What is a complex sentence?
300
The author's introduction to the characters, setting, and background information.
What is exposition?
300
The struggle between two characters.
What is conflict?
300
What comes first the climax or falling action.
What is climax?
300
The stairs groaned as we walked on them.
What is personification?
300
Everyone was busy, so I went to the movie alone.
What is a compound sentence?
400
The part of the plot that concludes the falling action and lets us know the conclusion to the story.
What is resolution?
400
People, animals, or creatures in a story.
What are characters?
400
A type of external conflict in which a character is struggling against a force of nature such as weather, wild animal, etc.
What is man vs. nature?
400
Kate doesn’t like cartoons because they are loud, so she doesn’t watch them.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
The events that lead up to the climax.
What is rising action?
500
The main good character in the story.
What is hero/protagonist?
500
What comes first in a story, the exposition or the rising action.
What is exposition?
500
My mom is going to kill me.
What is a hyperbole?
500
Last night, I ate dinner at a restaurant with my brother and sister.
What is a simple sentence?