Characters
Plot Elements
Genres
Writing Elements
Miscellaneous
100

This is the main character of a story, good or bad. 

What is the protagonist?

100

This is the first part of the story, typically responsible for describing where the story takes place. 

What is the setting? 

100

This is a genre meant to make people laugh. 

What is comedy? 

100

"I couldn't find it" is an example of this.

What is dialogue?

100

This is a story that involves elements intended to scare or creep out. 

What is horror?

200

This is the character that opposes the protagonist, good or bad.

What is the antagonist?

200

This is the part of the story directly after the climax that generally represents a winding-down of the story. 

What is the falling action? 

200

This is a genre in which there are made up places, mythical beings, and generally things that you can't find in real life. 

What is fantasy?

200

This is the difference between third person objective and third person omniscient.

Third person objective: you only know what one character is thinking or what they know at a time

Third person omniscient: you know what every character knows and thinks at all times

200

This is a book about someone's life written by that person themselves. 

What is an autobiography?

300

These are three character traits typical of protagonists. 

What is funny, brave, courageous, loyal, strong, intelligent, etc.

300

This is the part of the story where the main conflict occurs--usually where the protagonist and antagonist clash. 

What is the climax? 

300

This is a genre in which there are made up people and events, but no fantastical elements that would keep it from happening in real life. 

What is realistic fiction? 

300

This is a story element that better explains a character's motivations or decisions by telling you more about who they are and their past. 

What is backstory?

300

World building is typically required for this genre.

What is fantasy?

400

This is a character in the story who has a significant storyline and usually has a connection to the main character, but is not a main character. 

What is a deuteragonist? 

400

This is the plot element responsible for setting up the story and giving the reader an idea of what it will be about. 

What is the exposition?

400

This is a genre in which there are fantasy elements in the modern world as we know it today.

What is urban fantasy?

400

This is the punctuation mark that differentiates from dialogue and description.

What are quotation marks? 

400

"You don't know what you're talking about" is an example of this perspective. 

What is second person? 

500

This is the term for the progression of a character's personality and actions throughout a story, generally characterized by significant growth of change. 

What is character development?

500

Name all six plot elements in order. 

What is setting, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?

500

These are six of the genres that we have gone over in class that have not already been listed on this board. 

[Teacher will judge].

500

This is the person largely responsible for telling a story.

What is the narrator?

500

[She didn't know what she was going to do, but she had to do something.] This is an example of this point of view.

What is third person omniscient?