ELA TERMS
STORY ELEMENTS
CONFLICTS
MAGEE
ANYTHING GOES
100

CONFLICT

STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING FORCES

100

TELLS WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE

SETTING

100

MAN VS MAN

TWO OR MORE CHARACTERS OPPOSING EACH OTHER

100

WHERE DID THE SETTING TAKE PLACE

1960'S PENN.

100

NOUN

PERSON PLACE OR THING OR IDEA

200

IMAGINATIVE WRITING IS CALLED

FANTASY

200

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS OR ACTIONS IN A STORY

PLOT

200

CONFLICT WITH NATURE

MAN VS NATURE

200

WHO WAS AMANDA BELES?

A FRIEND WHO TOOK MAGEE IN

200

VERB

ACTION WORDS

300

FABLE

STORY OR POEM THAT TELLS A MORAL OR TEACHES A LESSON

300

THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE STORY

CLIMAX

300

COMPUTERS

MAN VS TECHNOLOGY

300

WHAT CONFLICTS DID MAGEE FACE?

DEATH OF GRAYSON

BLACK VS WHITE

300

PEOPLE OR ANIMALS THAT TAKE PART IN THE ACTION OF A STORY

CHARACTERS

400

TALES THAT EXPLAIN THE ACTIONS OF THE GODS

MYTH

400

MAIN CHARACTER WHO PROMOTES GOOD

PROTAGONIST

400

CONFLICT WITH YOURSELF

MAN VS SELF

400

HOW DID MAGEE PARENTS DIE?

CAR ACCIDENT

400

SOMEONE WHO WRITES POEMS STORIES, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, 

AUTHOR

500

WRITTEN WORK THAT IS FUNNY

COMEDY

500

THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY

EXPOSITION

500

CAN'T FOLLOW LAWS

MAN VS SOCIETY

500

WHAT WAS THE THEME OF THE STORY?

EVERYONE NEEDS A FAMILY

DEATH OF A FRIEND

RACISM

500

A HINT GIVEN OF AN EVENT WHICH HAPPENDS LATER IN THE STORY...

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