Plot Structure
Vocabulary Words
Central Idea/Theme
Characters + Settings
Small details
1

The last part of the story- a closing after the conflict has been resolved.

What is the resolution?

1

Giving non-human things human traits

What is "personification?"

1

The moral, or life lesson, of a story

What is a Theme?

1

This was the name of the woman telling the story in "In my Mom's Shoes"

Who is Kat Chow?

1

These were the two things Rabbi in "Night into Day" used to symbolize good times and bad times.

What are Night and Day?

2

The turning point of the story- often with the most action, but always when the outlook of the story begins to shift.

What is the climax?

2
Unexplainable

What is "Inexplicable?"

2

A way to explain the whole story in one sentence.

What is a Central Idea?

2

This is the place that Maya and her Family were from

What is Kazakhstan?

2

Kat's dad gave her this in "In my mom's shoes"

What is Shoes?

3

This is the part where conflict starts to happen.

What is the Rising Action?

3

For example, when someone is speaking in gibberish

incoherent

3

This boils the story down to something anyone can relate to.

What is the Theme?

3

Maya's brother in "My Favorite Chaperone"

Who is Nurzhan?

3

Maya's mother gave her this in "My favorite chaperone"

What is a bracelet?

4

The part after the climax where stuff starts to settle down.

What is the Falling Action?
4

Sailor, Navigator, and Captain are all this kind of job.

What is "nautical?"
4

An example of this would be, "always tell the truth to avoid making your consequences worse."

What is a Theme?

4

The teacher in "Night into Day" was called this.

What is Rabbi?

4

In "My favorite chaperone," Maya was in this grade.

What is 9th?

5

The important parts of the story (setting, characters, etc) that usually come in the beginning

What is the exposition?

5

What Maya and her family had to do when they moved to the United States

assimilate

5

An example of this would be: Bob the builder ran out of cement for the wall, so he sent his friend to get some while he stayed and built the frame.

What is a Central Idea?

5

This was the name of Maya's father in "My Favorite Chaperone."

Who is Aibek? (or Aibek Alazova)

5

The company that makes the thing that Chow inherits from her mom.

Sperry's