Characters
Writing
Story Elements
Vocabulary
Strategies
100

 The main character in a story, often facing the main conflict.

Who is the protagonist?

100

This type of punctuation mark is used at the end of a question.

What is a "question mark"?

100

This is the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced.

What is the "exposition"?

100

This word means to study something closely to understand it better.

What is "analyze"?

100

What does the "R" in the R.A.C.E. strategy stand for?

What is "restate the question"?

200

This type of characterization tells the audience directly what a character is like.

What is direct characterization?

200

This is the punctuation mark used to show someone is speaking.

What are "quotation marks"?

200

This is the part of the story, after the climax, where the conflict starts to be resolved.

What is "falling action"?

200

This word means to make a logical guess based on evidence or information.

What is an "inference"?

200

In the Hamburger strategy, the bun represents these two parts of the essay.

What are the "introduction" and "conclusion"?

300

This character opposes the protagonist and creates conflict in the story.

Who is the antagonist?

300

These are the type of letters we use at the beginning of sentences and for names.

What are "capital letters"?

300

This is what the story is mostly about.

What is the "main idea"?

300

This word means to say, write or draw details about someone or something.

What is "describe"?

300

This is what the "C" in the R.A.C.E. writing strategy is for.

What is "Cite evidence from the text"?

400

This type of conflict is occurs when a character has a fight with a robot.

What is character versus technology conflict.

400

This is the first version of your writing before making any edits.

What is a "first draft"?

400

This is the way a story is organized.

What is "plot structure"?

400

This word means to make a guess about what might happen next.

What is a "prediction"?

400

In the C.U.B.E. annotation strategy, the "C" stands for this.

What is "circle" (big or unknown words)?

500

 When a character’s personality is revealed through their speech, thoughts, and actions, it is called this.

What is indirect characterization?

500

This is the punctuation mark used to show excitement or strong emotion.

What is an Exclamation Point?

500

This is a story's time, pace and situation.

What is a "setting"?

500

This is the author’s word choice that affects tone and mood.

What is "diction"?

500

 This strategy encourages students to pause and write thoughts while reading.

What is "stop and jot"?