Elements of Plot
Conflict
Characters
Characterization
ATAC Method
Final Jeopardy!
100
The part of the plot where the reader learns about the setting, characters, and any necessary background information.
What is the exposition?
100
The force that works against the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
100
A character that goes through a significant change from the beginning to the end of a story.
What is a dynamic character?
100
These are the two methods of characterization.
What are direct and indirect?
100
The first "A" in ATAC stands for this.
What is "answer" or "answer the question"?
100
Final Jeopardy! - The "T" in ATAC
Add commas, quotation marks, parentheses, and end punctuation to correct the text evidence example below.
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200
The part of the plot where the loose ends are tied up. It sometimes offers an unexpected twist.
What is the resolution?
200
Define conflict.
What is the problem in the story or the struggle between opposing forces?
200
A character that remains the same from the beginning to the end of a story.
What is a static character?
200
When the author tells you exactly what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
200
In the conclusion, you need to start with a transition, ___ your answer, and sum up your three main points.
What is "restate" or "reword"?
300
The part of the plot where the conflict unfolds and the tension builds.
What is the rising action?
300
These are the TWO MAIN types of conflict.
What are internal and external?
300
The main character of the story.
What is the protagonist?
300
Identify the type of characterization.
Gary can sometimes be mean and very rude.
What is direct characterization?
300
One example of a transition that you can use to lead into text evidence.
What is "to explain" or "for example" or "for instance"? (etc.)
400
The part of the plot that is the turning point and the main character comes face-to-face with the conflict.
What is the climax?
400
Identify the type of conflict.
Fight Club, a book by Chuck Palahniuk that was adapted into a movie, is a great example of this type of conflict. The narrator struggles with mundane life so heavily that he actually creates an alter ego in Tyler Durden. This comes to a head at the end of the story when you realize that both characters are the same person.
What is internal conflict?
400
Identify the type of character.
Sherlock Holmes is the protagonist in a series of stories. He is confident and charismatic, but his personality and perspectives don’t change throughout the novels he’s featured in.
What is static?
400
The letters in the STEAL method stand for this.
What are says, thinks, effects on others, acts, and looks?
400
The word you need to include in your analysis of the evidence you show you actually analyzed it.
What is "because"?
500
The part of the plot that propels the story forward. It impacts the main character and hooks the reader.
What is the inciting incident?
500
Identify the type of external conflict.
In To Kill a Mockingbird, the main character Scout experiences external conflict when the racism that is present in Maycomb, Alabama comes into conflict with her beliefs and the beliefs that her father Atticus teaches her.
What is character versus society?
500
The type of character the reader knows a lot about is called a round character; this character is its antithesis.
What is a flat character?
500
Character motivation is this.
What is the reason why a character does something?
500
In your answer, you need to answer and restate the question, include the __ and __, and summarize the text.
What are title and author?