Elements
parts of plot
characters
literary devices
wild card
100
How the author arranges the events in the story
What is Plot?
100
The turning point in the story
What is climax?
100
A character heavily involved in the story
What is major character?
100
When a person, place, or object stands for something else.
What is symbolism?
100
Personality doesn't change in story.
What is static?
200
The problem in the story.
What is Conflict?
200
Events in the story become complicated
What is rising action?
200
Can be described in many ways
What is round character?
200
Language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
200
The bad guy in the story.
What is antagonist?
300
The message or main idea in the story
What is theme?
300
The final outcome of the story
What is resolution?
300
Good guy in the story.
What is protagonist?
300
Means something different than what is stated.
What is irony?
300
Someone with a small role in the story
What is minor character?
400
Time or place where the story is happening
What is setting?
400
The beginning of the story
What is exposition?
400
Someone who changes by the end of the story.
What is a dynamic character?
400
When the outcome is opposite of whats expected.
What is situational irony
400
When a person says one thing but means another.
What is verbal irony?
500
From whom the story is told.
What is point of view?
500
When outcomes begin to resolve
What is falling action?
500
Character who has only one personality
What is a flat character?
500
Creates anxiety in the reader.
What does suspense do?
500
The emotional quality of a story.
What is mood?