Plot
Conflict
Character
Setting
Miscellaneous
100
A series of events in a story
What is Plot?
100
A struggle between opposing forces.
What is Conflict?
100
The good guy in a story
What is the protagonist?
100
The time or place of the action.
What is Setting?
100
Usually contains about 1 or 2 characters
What is a short story?
200
The part of the story where everything is tied together
What is the resolution?
200
A conflict that occurs because of a storm such as a hurricane, a tornado, or an earthquake
What is character versus nature?
200
The bad guy in the story
What is the antagonist?
200
* Geographic Location * Time * Climate/ Weather
What are the elements of setting?
200
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
What is Mood?
300
An interupption in the action of the plot to tell what happened at an earlier time.
What is Flashback?
300
A conflict where one person is battling against another
What is Character vs. Character?
300
A character that the reader knows a lot about
What is a round character?
300
The name of specific places in the story
What is the geographical location?
300
A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.
What is theme?
400
The most exciting and intense moment in a story
What is the climax?
400
Involves an individual who struggles against the culture that surrounds him/her
What is character versus society?
400
A character who is always the same in the story
What is a static character?
400
Refers to the past, present, future, season, month, and time of day
What is Time?
400
an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.
What is tone?
500
Occurs when a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
A conflict where that takes place within a person
What is character versus self?
500
A character that changes in the story
What is a dynamic character?
500
When the setting of a story is usually established.
What is the exposition?
500
The contrast between what is expected or what appears to be and what actually is.
What is irony?