Literary Terms
The people, animals, or creatures in the story.
Characters
The part of the story where setting, characters, and background information is established in the beginning.
Exposition
Defiance
Bold disobedience.
What is a proper noun?
The specific name of a person, place or thing.
What is the main characters name?
Stanley Yelnats
The most exciting part of the story.
Climax
What the story is mostly about.
Main Idea
Misty or foggy.
Hazy
What 2 words does "they're" stand for?
They are
What is the name of the camp that the main character gets put in?
Camp Green Lake
The lesson that is learned, or moral, of the story.
Theme
The end of the story, where the conflict is fixed.
Resolution
Grotesque
Ugly or distorted.
Name 2 different types of words that you need to capitalize.
Names, the letter "I", months, titles, the first letter in a sentence.
Why did the main character get put at the detention camp?
He was accused of stealing shoes.
The events that follow the climax and help to bring closure or a resolution to the conflict.
Falling Actions
Where and when the story takes place.
Setting
Searching wildly.
Rummage
Does their, there, or they're show possession?
Their
What are the people at the detention camp most afraid of while they are digging the holes?
Yellow Spotted Lizards
The part of the story where conflict starts and escalates. These parts are necessary to bring about the climax.
Rising Actions
The problem in the story.
Conflict
To expel, or kick out of, a place.
Evict
What punctuation should come at the end of the following sentence:
What is your favorite color __
Question mark - ?
Why are they digging holes?
To build character and to find a treasure for the Warden.