Plot
the section of the plot leading up to the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict grows through successive plot developments
What is Rising Action?
What is the difference between mood and tone?
What is:
Mood = The overall feeling, or atmosphere, of a text often created by the author's use of imagery and word choice
Tone = The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience conveyed through word choice and the style of the writing
The main character, the hero, has the problem that needs to be solved.
What is the Protagonist?
Internal Conflict is Character vs __________
What is Character vs Self?
A person, place, or thing
What is a Noun?
The turning point of the story; when the conflict of the plot is resolved. It is often the most exciting part of the story.
What is Climax?
An author's tone can be derived from word choice. This word choice is known as ___________________.
What is Diction?
Undergo a personality change due to a life event, conflict, or other transition
Their flaws make them interesting, and their transformations in attitude make them likable
Tend to be characters that are central to the progression of the story
What are Dynamic Characters?
An external conflict that involves a mental or physical struggle between two characters in a story
What is Character vs Character?
An action word or a word that describes a state of being
What is a Verb?
when you learn what happens to the characters after the conflict is resolved.
What is Denouement?
Identify the tone of the following:
"Mr. Jones, since you obviously know everything, would you like to come up front and teach the class?"
a. Critical
b. Sarcastic
c. Disrespectful
What is Sarcastic?
Do not undergo internal change during the story
May be naturally appealing (do not need to change)
Are typically heroic, gifted, strong, or quirky
What are Static Characters?
An external conflict that involves a struggle between the elements of nature that are beyond the characters control
What is Character vs Nature
A word that modifies a noun.
What is an Adjective?
The section of the plot following the climax, in which the tension stemming from the story's central conflict decreases and the story moves toward its conclusion
What is Falling Action?
What is the mood of the following:
Trey looked out the window. The rain was still pouring down. He threw his baseball glove on the couch with a sigh. The thunder cracked and his phone dinged. Trey picked up his phone. It was a message from his cousin: 'The game is cancelled because of the weather :(' Trey didn't reply to the message. He threw his phone down and rubbed his temples. The rain pattered on the roof.
a. Humorous
b. Gloomy
c. Nervous
What is Gloomy?
Has many character traits
Personality has various qualities and is complex, more like a real person
Most main characters are this type of character
What are Round Characters?
What type of conflict is presented:
Bob is a salesman who never adapted to the new ways of doing business. Now he has a new boss who forces Bob to send text messages and emails. Bob struggles to use these technologies and fears that he will lose his job. But maybe some help from his youngest son will help Bob catch up to the pace of business today.
What is Character vs Technology?
A word that modifies a verb.
What is an Adverb?
Where the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time are all introduced
What is Exposition?
What is the mood of the following?
Brett sweated in his chair. The clock in the classroom ticked loudly. Brett looked at the test question again. He had no clue what the answer was. His teacher paced around the room. Brett felt like the teacher was circling him, specifically him, not the rest of the class. "Remember, this test determines your future," the teacher said. Brett read the choice, but they all blurred into a meaningless word soup. He could not concentrate. The clock kept ticking, and the second hand sounded like a butcher's knife slamming down on a cutting board. "Time is running out," said the teacher. Brett's heart pounded.
What is Nervous?
What do the letters in S.T.E.A.L stand for?
S: What the character says
T: What the character thinks
E: How the character effects other characters
A: How the character acts
L: What the character looks like
What type of conflict is presented?
Vanessa makes an art project protesting police brutality. Her art teacher loves the project and tries to feature it in the town art show, but the county commission rejects the project. Now Vanessa, her art teacher are going to fight for the freedom of expression.
What is Character vs Society?
Label the parts of speech of each underlined word in the sentence below:
The large, gray elephant gleefully rolled in the sloppy mud just moments after taking a relaxing bath.
What is adjective, adjective, noun, adverb, verb, adjective, noun, noun, verb, adjectives, noun?