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Plot Elements
Dialogue
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the problem of the story
What is the conflict
100
What is missing from the following piece of dialogue? Where are you going, Mom asked.
What is quotation marks
100
the only type of internal conflict
What is man vs. self
100
When the character is telling his or her own story using "I"
What is first person POV
100
a character who is the focus of the story is called the
What is the main character/protagonist
200
the beginning of the story, where the characters and setting are introduced
What is the exposition
200
What is missing from the following piece of dialogue? "isn't Tim's birthday on April Fool's Day?" Joe asked.
What is a capital letter for Isn't
200
when a character struggles with another character
What is man vs. man
200
When a separate narrator tells the story using "he" or "she"
What is third person POV
200
a character who changes from the beginning of the story to the end is called a
What is dynamic character
300
the ending of the story
What is the resolution
300
What is missing from the following piece of dialogue? Arnold said "This book explains all about pirates."
What is a comma after said
300
when a character struggles with a ghost, vampire, werewolf, alien, etc.
What is man vs. supernatural
300
The pronoun typically used (or assumed) for second person POV
What is you
300
the setting is the ____________ and ___________ of a story Both parts must be correct to earn points!
What is the time and place
400
the highest point in the story where the character comes head to head with the conflict; the turning point
What is the climax
400
What is missing from the following piece of dialogue? "I scored 2,000 points on my game" Tony announced.
What is a comma after game
400
when a character struggles with a law or rule that isn't right or fair
What is man vs. society
400
The difference between third person limited and third person omniscient is...
What is limited is in the head of one character, omniscient is in the heads of multiple characters
400
What are the five senses that can be used to create sensory details?
What is sight, sound, taste, smell, touch
500
TWO ANSWERS: Both are necessary to earn the points: The plot point that connects the conflict to the climax AND The plot point that connects the climax to the resolution
What is the rising and falling action
500
What is missing from the following piece of dialogue? "Where are you going," Mom asked. "To the movies with Joan," I responded.
What is a space between the two speakers
500
when a character struggles against a force controlling his or her future
What is man vs. fate
500
What point of view is present in the following prompt? “Goldilocks was a proud and defiant little girl who’d been told many times by her mother to stay out of the woods, but she paid little attention to others, especially her elders, giving lots of attention instead to herself and her own desires. One day, just to show that she could, she wandered deep into the center of the forest, farther from home than ever before. In a clearing she noticed a small cottage, smoke issuing from the chimney. She thought it was quite an ugly little cottage, but she also thought it might be a place where she could get a little something to eat and drink.”
What is third person limited
500
What does the acronym STEAL stand for when describing characterizations?
What is speech, thought, effect on others, action, looks