Plot & Story Structure
What is the beginning of a story where characters, setting, and conflict are introduced?
What is the exposition?
What literary device gives hints about future events?
What is foreshadowing?
What type of characterization requires readers to infer traits from actions, thoughts, and dialogue?
What is indirect characterization?
Which story centers on a deadly village tradition?
What is The Lottery?
What is the main argument of an essay called?
What is a claim (or thesis)?
What is the turning point or moment of highest tension in a story?
What is the climax?
What literary device occurs when something represents a deeper meaning?
What is symbolism?
What type of character changes throughout a story?
What is a dynamic character?
Which story explores the butterfly effect through time travel?
What is A Sound of Thunder?
What is the opposing viewpoint called?
What is a counterargument?
What part of the plot occurs after the climax and leads toward the ending?
What is the falling action?
What is the lesson or message an author wants readers to learn?
What is theme?
What conflict occurs when a character struggles against society's rules or expectations?
What is character vs. society?
Which story features a genie trapped inside a goldfish?
What is What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish??
What type of source is most trustworthy for research?
What is a credible source?
What is the final outcome where conflicts are resolved?
What is the resolution?
What type of irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not?
What is dramatic irony?
What conflict does Truman primarily face in The Truman Show?
What is character vs. society?
What object symbolizes the consequences of Eckels' actions in A Sound of Thunder?
What is the butterfly?
Why should writers include evidence in an argumentative essay?
What is to support and strengthen their claim?
In The Lottery, what event serves as the climax?
What is Tessie Hutchinson being selected as the winner of the lottery?
In Lamb to the Slaughter, what literary device is used when the police eat the murder weapon?
What is situational irony?
How is Mary Maloney characterized after her husband reveals he is leaving her?
What is resourceful, deceptive, and capable of violence?
What major theme is shared by The Lottery and The Truman Show?
What is the danger of blindly accepting society's rules and traditions?
What is the purpose of a rebuttal?
What is to explain why the counterargument is weaker than the claim?