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Story Starz
Piecing Together the Story
Build - A - Character
Making You Think
Leftover Tidbits
100
A character in the story who is not the protagonist or antagonist.
What is a SUPPORTING character?
100
The longest part of a story; events/obstacles that lead up to the turning point.
What is RISING ACTION?
100
Details that describe a characters personality, both positive and negative.
What are TRAITS?
100
The perspective from which the story is told; first, second, third person.
What is POINT-OF-VIEW?
100
Happens after the turning point and describes how the conflict is solved.
What is FALLING-ACTION?
200
A main character that opposes the hero of the story.
What is the ANTAGONIST?
200
The turning point of the story, the point with the most tension.
What is the CLIMAX?
200
The ways that characters are with other characters (ex. friends, enemies)
What are RELATIONSHIPS?
200
Written pieces from the story that supports the big idea.
What is EVIDENCE?
200
The problem or issue that the main character is facing.
What is CONFLICT?
300
The players, or stars, of the story, poem, or novel.
What are CHARACTERS?
300
The end of the story, how the problem is solved.
What is RESOLUTION?
300
The way that a character speaks: dialects, figures of speech, accents.
What is LANGUAGE?
300
What you learn from the story, the life lesson, the theme.
What is THE MESSAGE?
300
The ways a character changes during the story.
What is CHANGE?
400
The character that the story is mostly about, the hero.
What is a PROTAGONIST?
400
The introduction of characters, setting, background information, and conflict.
What is EXPOSITION?
400
The reason(s) that a character does something.
What is MOTIVATION?
400
The general idea (topic) of the story.
What is the BIG IDEA?
400
Places in the story: buildings, landscapes, smells, and sounds.
What is ENVIRONMENT?