PLOT
CHARACTER
WORD PARTS
CONFLICT
CRITICAL THINKING
100
this is the most intense part of the story
What is the climax?
100
this is a literary term for a person in a story
What is character?
100
the word part with the meaning: down, away, from
What is "de-"?
100
an example of this conflict would be Mr. Graci trying to sail his boat in the middle of a ferocious storm at sea
What is man vs. nature?
100
Mary's father has 4 children; three are named Nana, Nene, and Nini. So what is is the 4th child's name?
What is Mary? If Mary's FATHER has three other children named Nana, Nene, and Nini, then Mary must be his fourth child
200
this is the very beginning of the story
What is the exposition?
200
this is a character who changes over the course of a story
What is dynamic character?
200
the word part with the meaning: same
What is "sym(syn)-"?
200
an example of this would be if Mr. Graci was battling Dr. B in an epic game of MONOPOLY.
What is man vs. man?
200
Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?
What is she was born in the southern hemisphere, where our winter is their summer!
300
this is the ending of the story
What is resolution?
300
this is a character that stays the same in a story
What is static character?
300
The word part with the meaning: in or into
What is "in (im, ir, il)-"?
300
an example of this is if Mr. Graci was struggling to learn to speak German
What is man vs. self?
300
A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer know that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has 12 boughs and each bough has 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to sell?
What is none? A pear tree cannot produce any plums.
400
this is when the story starts settling down, and problems start being resolved
What is the falling action?
400
this is a character that is fully developed and has different sides to their personality
What is a round character?
400
The word part with the meaning: inside
What is "endo-"?
400
an example of this would be if Mr. Graci tried to eat an entire Pizza Hut "Big Italy" pizza by himself
What is man vs. self?
400
Name four days of the week that start with the letter "t"?
What is Tuesday, Thursday, today, and tomorrow?
500
this is the part of the story where the story gets complicated with lots of problems
What is the rising action?
500
this is a character who seems one dimensional
What is a flat character?
500
The word part with the meaning: together or with
What is "co(com, cor, con)-"?
500
an example of this would be if Mr. Graci was competing against Ludacris in a paintball game
What is man vs. man?
500
An old man said to a young man, "I have a daughter. She has as many brothers as she has sisters. Each one of her brothers has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons and daughters do I have?"
What is 3 sons and 4 daughters?