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Plot
Theme
Setting
Point of View
Character
100
What is the term for the main problem of a story?
Conflict
100
What is the theme of the following story: One day, Sandra Krewsky lost her mind. Nobody now knows why, but it happened - and when it did, Sandra decided to look at every page on the Internet, insisting that she wouldn't eat, drink, sleep or even use the washroom until the job was done. Traps set in her house stalled worried family members, and by the time they trounced the alligator guarding her bedroom door - it managed to snap her neighbour's finger clean off before going down - Sandra was already lost… though the look of despair carved in her waxen features, and the cat video running repeat on her flickering computer screen, told them everything they needed to know. She'd seen too much. She'd learned that the Internet played for keeps.
Be careful of how much time you spend on the Internet.
100
What are the two key elements of a setting?
Time and Place
100
What pronouns are used with a first person POV?
I, me, my
100
What is the protagonist?
The main character or the hero of the story
200
What is at the beginning of a story that gives the background knowledge and introduces the setting and characters?
Exposition
200
What is the theme of the following story: I can't find the plug, but that's okay! I'm almost done! My laptop will endure regardless! This is the last entry I have to make on this stupid spreadsheet, and then I'll be finished. For good. The project will be OVER, and I can move onto better things. You can't scare me, two percent battery life! All I need to do is hit save! Ha ha! Victory is MI
Always know where the computer cord is.
200
What was the setting of To Kill A Mockingbird?
Maycomb, Alabama
200
What pronouns are used with a second person POV?
You, your
200
What is the antagonist?
The villain of the story, what drives the conflict
300
This type of action takes the reader from the climax to the conclusion.
Falling Action
300
What is the theme of the following story: At 78 years old, laying on his death bed, Jerry Toll thought back on his life. He thought of his stint in the war, of his time as the manager of a successful company, even of the creation of his blessed children, now grown and bearing children of their own. But that was not enough to keep Jerry happy, and as he slipped into oblivion, surrounded by weeping loved ones, he thought of the one mark of an important man that he would, forever, lack: his own Wikipedia page.
Try to die without regrets
300
What is the setting of the following story: Harold was just a bus driver. He had been for twenty years, and was looking forward to another twenty years of blissful, carefree driving in a small rural community. The masked man didn't care for that, however, and when he leaped onto Harold's bus and told him to 'Drive! Drive! Drive!', Harold didn't argue - he just drove, following the crazy man's directions as though a gun was at his temple. And when they arrived at the lake, overlooked by a rim of cliffs, Harold didn't quibble over being forced out of the bus. He got out, watching as the man calmly took the wheel and drove over the cliffs, into the lake below. And Harold knew, he KNEW, that the next day he would find pictures of his bus careening gracefully into the waters, its yellow hood shot in a series of thought-provoking angles and posted online for all to see. Yes, Harold's bus was just another victim of art - and Careen, the world's wildly popular (and wanted) photographer of bus crashes.
Small rural community
300
What pronouns are used with a third person point of view?
he, she, they, them
300
What is a round character?
A character who encounters conflict and is changed by it
400
This type of action takes the reader from the conflict to the climax.
Rising Action
400
What is the theme of the following story: The engineer watched his robot working, admiring its sense of purpose. It knew what it was, and what it had to do. It was designed to lift crates at one end of the warehouse and take them to the opposite end. It would always do this, never once complaining about its place in the world. It would never have to agonize over its identity, never spend empty nights wondering if it had been justified dropping a promising and soul-fulfilling music career just to collect a bigger paycheck. And, watching his robot, the engineer decided that the next big revolution in the robotics industry would be programming automatons with a capacity for self-doubt. The engineer needed some company.
Machines do not make good friends
400
What is the setting of the following story: I can't find the plug, but that's okay! I'm almost done! My laptop will endure regardless! This is the last entry I have to make on this stupid spreadsheet, and then I'll be finished. For good. The project will be OVER, and I can move onto better things. You can't scare me, two percent battery life! All I need to do is hit save! Ha ha! Victory is MI
Late at night, at home
400
What is the difference between third person limited and third person omniscient?
Limited lets you into the minds of one or none of the characters, Omniscient lets you in the minds of all of them
400
What is a flat character?
A character who does not change.
500
What are the two terms that mean the end of the story?
Conclusion and Denouement
500
What is the theme of the following story: Harold was just a bus driver. He had been for twenty years, and was looking forward to another twenty years of blissful, carefree driving in a small rural community. The masked man didn't care for that, however, and when he leaped onto Harold's bus and told him to 'Drive! Drive! Drive!', Harold didn't argue - he just drove, following the crazy man's directions as though a gun was at his temple. And when they arrived at the lake, overlooked by a rim of cliffs, Harold didn't quibble over being forced out of the bus. He got out, watching as the man calmly took the wheel and drove over the cliffs, into the lake below. And Harold knew, he KNEW, that the next day he would find pictures of his bus careening gracefully into the waters, its yellow hood shot in a series of thought-provoking angles and posted online for all to see. Yes, Harold's bus was just another victim of art - and Careen, the world's wildly popular (and wanted) photographer of bus crashes.
People do strange things in pursuit of art
500
What is the setting of the following story: The engineer watched his robot working, admiring its sense of purpose. It knew what it was, and what it had to do. It was designed to lift crates at one end of the warehouse and take them to the opposite end. It would always do this, never once complaining about its place in the world. It would never have to agonize over its identity, never spend empty nights wondering if it had been justified dropping a promising and soul-fulfilling music career just to collect a bigger paycheck. And, watching his robot, the engineer decided that the next big revolution in the robotics industry would be programming automatons with a capacity for self-doubt. The engineer needed some company.
A warehouse
500
What is an objective POV?
When the narrator is detached from the story.
500
What is a stock character?
Characters drawn from widely used cultural stereotypes for their characteristics and mannerisms