Plot Elements
Concluding paragraph that that resolves any and all remaining issues of the story
What is the resolution?
Peace
What is a subject?
What the author tells us about the character.
What is direct characterization?
You struggle to pull a rosebush root out of the ground.
What is man vs. nature?
Name the story: The story in which a man is hunted on a deserted island by a bored hunter.
What is The Most Dangerous Game?
Characters are in a crisis that will lead up to the character facing the main conflict
What is rising action?
What is main idea?
the main character of the story. The story is often told through their perspective.
What is protagonist?
You struggle to make a choice between hanging out with your friends or going on a date with your significant other.
What is man vs self?
How the author thinks/feels about the subject of a piece of writing.
What is author's spin?
Introduction of characters, setting and the conflict at the beginning of the story
What is exposition?
Man Vs. Nature
What is a subject?
Characters that change over the course of a narrative are this.
What is a dynamic character?
A monster grabs your foot from under your bed at night.
Characters that have multiple sides to them.
What are round characters?
Story slows down and ties loose ends
What is the falling action?
Trust is something that has to be earned.
What is theme?
The villain/opposing force of a story.
What is an antagonist?
You and your sibling are fighting over which show to watch on Netflix.
What kind of music does Mr. Carlson refuse to play?
What is Christmas music outside of Christmas time?
The event that sparks the events of the story?
What is the catalyst?
Life finds a way.
What is a theme?
This is best represented in story telling through the S.T.E.A.L. method.
What is indirect characterization?
Martin Luther King Jr. leading the civil rights movement.
What is man vs. society?
What is the lifeblood of storytelling?
what is raw authenticity & concrete details?