Plot
Vocabulary
Characters
Setting
Conflicts
100
Initiating Event
What plot element is Moon Shadow coming to America?
100
A family possession handed down from generation to generation.
What is an heirloom?
100
He faces a series of tests to prove his "dragoness."
Who is Windrider?
100
China
Where does Dragonwings begin?
100
Moon Shadow being torn between missing his mother and being with his father.
What is an internal conflict?
200
Windrider flies his "plane."
What is the climax?
200
An infectious disease especially of the lungs.
What is tuberculosis?
200
He said, "My, my but this is a righteous wine."
Who is Uncle Bright Star?
200
San Francisco's Chinatown.
Where is the Company located?
200
The demons throw a brick through the Company's window.
What is an external conflict?
300
Anything that happens between the initiating even and the climax.`
What is rising action?
300
Remarkably stupid behavior.
What is moronic?
300
The main character of Dragonwings.
Who is Moon Shadow?
300
The demon part of San Francisco.
Where does Miss Whitlaw live?
300
Uncle Bright Star's love for Black Dog and his disgust with Black Dog.
What is an internal conflict?
400
Anything that happens between the climax and the resolution.
What is falling action?
400
A run-down and often crowded apartment building.
What is a tenement?
400
He had been raised in luxury back home in China, and now resents having to work for a living.
Who is Black Dog?
400
The opium dens.
Where can Black Dog most often be found?
400
Windrider wanting to bring Mother to America and pursue his dream to fly.
What is an internal conflict?
500
Windrider and Mood Shadow making plans to bring Mother to America.
What is the resolution?
500
Full of hate.
What is malicious?
500
A devout Buddhist.
Who is White Deer?
500
The place where they picnic and fly gliders.
What is the beach?
500
Black Dog's drug addiction.
What is an external conflict?