Plot Structure
This is the end of the story when all major conflicts have been resolved.
What is resolution?
This is the meaning of the Greek root astro, found in words like astrology, asteroid, and astronaut.
What is "star"?
What is a simile?
This famous playwright created enduring works such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This is the height of the conflict and the major turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
This is the meaning of the Greek root bio, found in words like biography, biology, and biodegradable.
What is "Life"?
Edgar Allan Poe gives an example of this when he writes in The Raven, "While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping."
What is alliteration?
Beloved characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn were written by this American author.
Who is Mark Twain?
This is the beginning of a story, where important characters and the setting are revealed.
What is exposition?
This is the meaning of the Latin root sub, found in words like submarine, suburb, and submit.
What is "below" or "under"?
This is an object, an idea, a person, a color, etc, that represents something else.
What is a symbol?
This famous British author wrote tales such as David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol.
Who is Charles Dickens?
Conflicts occur to build tension and move the plot forward during this.
What is rising action?
This is the meaning of the Latin root omni, found in words like omnipotent, omnivore, and omniscient.
What is "all"?
One of Mrs. Bowers' favorite one of these is from American poet Walt Whitman. Whitman wrote, "The powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse."
What is a metaphor?
This detective, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, has an assistant named Watson, and has been the main character in more books and movies than any other fictional character.
Who is Sherlock Holmes?
After a story's climax, minor conflicts are resolved during this.
What is falling action?
This is the meaning of the Latin root vid or vis, found in words like invisible, vivid, and video.
What is "to see"?
An example of this could be, "The ticking clock mocked me all night long, harassing me as the due date for my term paper drew near."
What is personification?
Considered to be the first piece of science-fiction, Mary Shelley truly changed literature forever when she created this monster.
Who is Frankenstein?