The most exciting or intense part of a story for the protagonist.
What is the climax?
100
The character or force in conflict with the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
100
Drew and Tino fight over who gets to eat the bag of popcorn.
What is Man vs. Man?
100
An ending to a section, chapter, or book that leaves the reader in suspense.
What is a cliffhanger?
200
A struggle between a character and its feelings, conscience, or fear.
What is Man vs. Self?
200
The end of the story
What is the resolution?
200
The main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
200
Luke can't decide whether to study for one test (which will be easy for him) or the other test (which will be harder and less fun to study for and take longer) or to procrastinate altogether and play games.
What is Man vs. Self?
200
Interrupting the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time.
What is a flashback?
300
A struggle, mental or physical, between two characters.
What is man vs. man?
300
The event that sets the story in motion.
What is the inciting incident?
300
The time and place of a story.
What is setting?
300
Landon runs as fast as she can to escape the flash flood, the pack of ravenous zombies, and the rabid poodle!
What is Man vs. Nature?
300
The anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story.
What is suspense?
400
A struggle between a character and mother nature.
What is Man vs. Nature?
400
The first part of the plot.
What is the exposition?
400
The main part of a story.
What is Rising Action?
400
Jeffrey walks across the street outside of the crosswalk and hears the "bleep bleep" of a police car as soon as he touches the opposite curb.
What is Man vs. Society?
400
Hints or clues suggesting what may happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
A struggle between a character and the laws or beliefs of a group.
What is Man vs. Society?
500
The events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution.
What is falling action?
500
The chain of events that make up a story.
What is plot?
500
TWO TYPES: a) Bekah slaps Jessy across the face because Jessy skipped her birthday party; b) Jessy feels sad because she couldn't decide whether to attend her friend's party or help babysit her nephew.
What is a) Man vs. Man and b) Man vs. Self?
500
Politics, poverty, social norms, expectations, or values.