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 most important characters in literary works.
What is the main character?
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 good guy in the story
What is the protagonist?
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 interruption 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
The bad guy in the story
What is an antagonist?
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?