Plot Elements
All About Characters
More to the Story
The Three Little Pigs
Bonus! Examples
200

All of the events in a story. What the story is about. 

What is Plot?

200

The main or central character in a story, sometimes thought of as the good guy or hero.

Who is the protagonist? 

200

The glade & the maze. 

What is the setting?

200

The story takes place in the countryside.  

What is the setting?

200

WICKED

Who is an antagonist?

400

Part of the plot where the tension is the highest; the turning point.

What is climax?

400

Uses he, she, Gally, Newt, Thomas, Ethan, Lena, Thomas, they, etc. 

What is third person point of view? 

400

How the story is told either from first person, third person, second person.

What is point of view?

400

Two of the pigs are lazy while the third is hard working.

What are character traits?

400

Alby & Newt

Who are the leaders of the glade?

500

Part of the plot that comes at the very beginning; it introduces the characters and setting

What is the exposition?

500

The methods by which an author reveals a character including dialogue, thoughts, actions, and interactions with others.

What is characterization? 

500

The author's message related to a universal truth that is shared throughout the story.

What is theme?

500

At the end of the story, when the third pig's house is too strong for the wolf, so the wolf tries to get in through the chimney and dies in the fire.  

What is the resolution?

500

A genre that is fiction but encompasses a real past event. 

What is historical fiction?

600

The element of the story after the climax before the resolution.

What is falling action?

600

Uses I, me, we, etc. 

What is first person point of view?

600

When an author makes specific word choices to convey his/her attitude. 

What is his/her tone?

600

The three pigs and the wolf

Who are the characters?

600

The Glade 

What is a setting?

1200

Part of the plot where the solution to the main conflict occurs

What is the resolution?

1200

Describe Chuck with some specific detail.

What is 11-12 years old?

What is chubby?

What is friendly?

1200

The 4 sections of the glade. 

What are the Homestead, the Bloodhouse, the Gardens, & the Deadheads? 

1200

The pigs vs the wolf who is trying to eat them. (A problem in the story) 

What is the conflict?

1200

Hints about what will happen in the future. 

What is foreshadowing?