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Vocabulary
100

The third element of plot on the plot diagram comes at the top of the roller coaster

What is climax

100

A story's chain of related events... It is sometimes know as "Story Mountain"

A plot diagram

100
The murderer is finally revealed
Climax
100

Last night, I went to the movie theater and saw a superhero film. However, I didn't understand all of it because the movie's __________________ was really complicated with lots of "twists and turns."

Plot

100

Last night, I went to the movie theater and saw a superhero film. However, I didn't understand all of it because the movie's __________________ was really complicated with lots of "twists and turns

What is plot?

200

The fourth element of plot, comes back down the hill of the roller coaster

What is falling action

200
The part of the story where conflict develops and suspense is building... It is usually the longest part of the story.
The rising action
200
Catherine is a 12 year old girl who has rules for her brother. A new girl moves next door. She makes a new friend in OT named Jason. Then Jason and Catherine get into a big fight. Catherine meets Jason at the dance and they have fun. Catherine learns to accept her brother and Jason and not wish they were something else.
A plot
200

The movie's _____________ was took place in the future (year 2050), in a planet from another solar system.

Setting

200

The movie's _____________ was took place in the future (year 2050), in a planet from another solar system

What is setting?

300

The first element of plot, found at the beginning of the roller coaster

What is exposition

300

The end of the story where you find out how everything has turned out... Hopefully it's a happy ending!

The resolution

300

As the sun set in the evening sky, Malcolm slowly turned and walked toward his home. All was silent and still. Through the window, he could see his older brother James watching a football game on the TV. James was home from his first year of college in the city.

The setting

300

The ____________ of the movie was that the bad guy was trying to take over the world, and the hero had to defend the planet.

Antagonist

300

The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

400
The fifth element of plot, at the end of the roller coaster
What is conclusion
400

The most exciting and intense part of the story... What the rising action has been leading up to

The climax

400

The prince married the princess the very next day. They lived happily ever after.

Resolution

400

When it came to the most intense part of the movie, the __________________, I was so caught up in the movie, I didn't even feel my phone vibrate!

Climax

400

The main characters of the movie were the superhero and the villain, and the setting was the year 2050, on another planet. These two facts help make up the ____________ of the film

What is exposition

500

The second element of plot, going up the hill of the roller coaster (the longest part)

What is rising action

500

The introduction to the setting, characters, and conflict of the story... Helps the reader visualize and understand the story

The exposition

500

Shrek, Harry Potter, Woody or Greg Heffley

A protagonist

500

In the end, the _________________ was that everyone lived happily ever after.

Resolution

500

The narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she is told by other characters.

What is 1st person point of view?