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Setting
Character
Plot
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Stories/Plot Parts
100
Define setting
What is time and place of a story
100
Define character
What are the people, animals, or creatures in a story
100
The problem of a story, faced by the protagonist
What is the conflict
100
The first event in the complication
What is the conflict
100
The cop walking down the street in "After Twenty Years"
What is exposition
200
Clues that the author gives you, easy to find
What are obvious setting clues
200
The character that has many traits, is the focus of the story, makes a surprising choice or action
What is the protagonist
200
Define plot
What is the events, the what, how, why of a story
200
Between the conflict and climax (second part of plot)
What is the complication
200
Going to math class in "7th grade"
What is the complication
300
The setting of "7th Grade" by Gary Soto
What is Fresno, California in a jr. high school, 1990s
300
An extra character, the sidekick or best friend
What is a minor character
300
The action that building toward the climax
What is the rising action
300
The point of no return, the last 'what's gonna happen?!' moment
What is the climax
300
The conversation about Jimmy in "After Twenty Years"
What is complication
400
Clues that the reader has to figure out
What are subtle clues
400
Works against the main character
What is the antagonist
400
The author introduces the characters, setting, gives background info (first part of the plot)
What is the exposition
400
After the climax, the story wraps-up (the third part of the plot)
What is the resolution
400
Reading the note in "After Twenty Years"
What is resolution
500
Setting of After Twenty Years
What is New York, 1920s-30s, hardware store, autumn or spring evening about 10pm
500
A character is either _____ or _____, depending on how much the reader knows about them (how likely they are to step out of the story)
What is round or flat
500
What question helps you identify the conflict of the plot?
What is "What event starts the protagonist's problem?
500
List the three parts of the plot in order
What is exposition, complication, resolution
500
Seeing Captain Winter for the first time in "The Boy and the Man"
What is resolution