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Plot
Other Elements of Fiction
The Stories
Literary Terms
Conflict
100
The very end of a story. Final thoughts are mentioned.
What is the resolution/conclusion?
100
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
100
How does Andy die in the short story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding"?
Andy is stabbed by a member of The Guardians.
100
State the protagonist in the short story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding".
Who is Andy?
100
Two characters struggle physically, emotionally or verbally.
What is person vs. person conflict?
200
The beginning of a story, where the reader learns about the characters and the setting.
What is the introduction/exposition?
200
The main character in a story.
What is a protagonist?
200
How did Madame Loisel lose the necklace in the short story "The Necklace"?
She lost it on the way home from the ball.
200
State if Madame Loisel is a static or dynamic character in the short story "The Necklace".
What is a dynamic character?
200
A character struggles internally- in order to decide something, emotional troubles, etc.
What is Person vs. self conflict?
300
The turning point when a change occurs for the protagonist. The highest point of suspense.
What is the climax?
300
The character who is in direct conflict with the main character.
What is the antagonist?
300
Whose idea is it to split the blanket, in the short story "The Blanket"?
It is Peter's idea.
300
The lesson or message that can be found in a story.
What is the theme?
300
A character struggles against a natural force.
What is Person vs. Nature conflict?
400
Conflict, struggle and action occurs. Leading up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
400
The narrator is a character in the story. The narrator uses "I" to tell the story.
What is first person narration?
400
State a theme from the short story "The Pursuit of Happyness".
Example: If you work hard, anything is possible.
400
The character changes in a big way throughout the story/
What is a dynamic character?
400
A person struggles against the demands of a group.
What is Person vs. society conflict?
500
The level of suspense decreases as the main conflict is solved. Minor conflicts are solved at this point.
What is the falling action?
500
The story is told from an outsider point of view. The narrator uses the words "he", "she", "they".
What is third person narration?
500
In the Pursuit of Happyness, what job does Chris obtain at the end of the movie?
Chris becomes a stockbroker.
500
The character stays the same throughout the whole story.
What is a static character?
500
Name one type of conflict from the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness"and explain briefly.
What is person vs. self/person vs. society/person vs.nature/person vs. person?