Plot
Literacy Terms
Protagonist / Antagonist
Books Made Into Films
More Literacy Terms
100

This part of plot is the "high point", which is also known as the turning point of the story.

A) Climax

B) Conclusion

C) Setting


Climax

100

A comparison using "like" or "as".

Simile

100

This character would be seen as the "good guy," and is solving a problem in the story.

a protagonist 

100

This horrifying book series about a girl crying over a boy was adapted into four really terrible films starring the kid who dies in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Twilight Series

100

An established class or category in a book

(Example: Poetry, Drama, or Novel.)

Genre

200

This part of plot occurs when the characters begin to cause problems and the action begins to occur.

A) Rising Action

B) Closing Action

C) Falling Action

Rising action

200

Using the same word over and over.

Repetition

200

If we watched the movie "Star Wars," the character Darth Vader would be considered what?

an antagonist

200

This film features a lion who controls the seasons of kingdom, four siblings who walk through a closet into the snow.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

200

The perspective of the author when they are writing words such as: 

"Me, I, We" 

First-Person

300

This part of the plot is when all of the characters and background information is introduced.

A) Expedition

B) Exposition

C) Event

Exposition

300

Using words to create a picture in the mind.

Imagery

300

In the cinematic classic "Shrek," who is Shrek?

A) Protagonist

B) Antagonist

C) Dynamic Character

(A) Protagonist

300

This film series features characters who are chosen from a deadly lottery to compete for the entertainment of the rich.

The Hunger Games series

300

When the author writes words such as,

"Her/Him, They, Them"

Third-Person

400

This part of plot is when the characters begin to understand the problem and make plans to work it out.

A) Closing Action

B) Falling Action

C) Rising Action

Falling action

400

A comparison that does not use "like" or "as".

Metaphor

400

If this character shows qualities of dishonesty, selfishness, and being possessive, what might they be? 

an antagonist

400

This film features Shalene Woodley in a fight for her life.

Divergent

400

The technique of giving clues to coming events in a narrative.

Foreshadowing

500

This part of the plot is when all of the problems are solved and the story comes to a sort of conclusion.

A) The Solution

B) The Rising Action

C) The Resolution 

Resolution

500

Giving human qualities and characteristics to non-living things.

Personification


500

In the movie, "The Wizard of Oz," who is the protagonist and the antagonist?

Dorothy is the protagonist and the Wicked Witch is the antagonist.

500

This film series, currently on hold, features a boy named Thomas who is dropped into a confusing world of other young boys and monsters which he must navigate to survive.

The Maze Runner series

500

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Ex: Winter Wind) 

Alliteration