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Plot
Theme
Conflict
Definitions
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What are the 5 elements that every story needs?
Plot, theme, characters, setting, conflict.
100

Reorder these elements of the plot diagram: Falling Action, Exposition, Climax, Resolution, Rising Action

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution

100

Define theme.

What is the story's message or lesson.

100

A type of conflict where two or more characters have a problem.

What is character vs. character?

100
Setting includes this.
What is time and place?
200

A haunted house on a dark, stormy night is an example of what story element?

What is setting?

200

This includes all the events leading up to the climax.

What is rising action?

200

Is "courage" a theme or a topic?

What is a topic?

200
Give an example of character vs. nature.
Where characters have to fight against a force of nature. For example: hurricanes, disease, hypothermia, drought, earthquakes, etc.
200
The people or animals in a story.

What are characters?

300

The main character, the hero, is called this?

What is protagonist?

300

This is where all the loose ends of the plot are tied up.

What is falling action?

300

A character keeps trying after failing. What theme does this show?

What is "never give up"?

300
A story about a slave trying to escape slavery and its limitations is an example of this.
What is character vs. society?
300

The organization or sequence of the main events of a fictional text.

What is plot?

400

Character that stays the same in the story.

What is static?

400

This is the turning point or most exciting part of a story where the main character comes face-to-face with a conflict that causes the main character to change in some way.

What is the climax?

400

A character admits a mistake and learns from it. What is a possible theme?

What is "people can grow from their mistakes"?

400

A student wants to try out for the school play but is afraid of failing.

What is character vs. self?

400

Part of the plot where the conflict is solved and the story comes to an end.

What is resolution?

500

Define antagonist.

What is the character in conflict with the protagonist in some way, the "bad guy"?

500

This section of the plot diagram presents facts necessary to understanding the story. Introduces characters and the setting.

What is exposition?

500

A group project fails because no one listens. They try again and share the work fairly.

What is the possible theme?

What is "teamwork requires cooperation and listening"?

500

A student wants to speak up about unfair treatment at school, but the school’s rules and traditions discourage students from questioning adults.

What is character vs. society?

500

Define dynamic character.

What is character changes in some way?