Once
Point of View
Parts of a Plot
Vocabulary
Snacks and Treats
100

This character is a fake orphan living in a Catholic orphanage even though he is Jewish, and he leaves to go find his parents. 

Felix

100

This point of view uses I.  The narrator is telling her own story. 

First person

100

This is the most intense part of the story.  We will find out if the character succeeds or fails. 

Climax

100

This vocab word means to move down. You might do it on the stairs, an elevator, or down a cave. 

Descend

100

This popular theater snack is usually salted and covered in butter.

Popcorn

200

This girl has dead parents who turn out to be Polish Nazis. 

Zelda

200

This point of view uses "you." The narrator is telling a story about the reader. 

Second

200

This part of the story is when the part is building up.  The tension just keeps getting higher. 

Rising action

200

This word means you have enough. 

Adequate

200

When sitting around a campfire, you might make one these snacks with a marshmallow, chocolate, and graham cracker. 

S'more

300

This character secretly takes care of orphans and unsecretly takes care of people's teeth. 

Barney

300

This point of view is when the narrator is telling the reader a story about someone else.  It uses "he" "she" "they" "them."

Third person

300

This part of the story is the end, after everything is finalized and all the questions are answered. 

Resolution

300

This word means to make something better by adding to it. 

Enhance

300

Served in a red can, you might find Coach East drinking come of this brown liquid. Pepsi can take a hike. 

Coke

400

This is how Felix helps others and himself get through tough times. 

He tells them stories. 

400

This point of view is a type of third person.  It is when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of just one character. 

Third person limited. 

400

This part of the story is any and all background information. 

Exposition 

400

This word is used to describe the relationship two things have when they both benefit from being friends. Everyone wins. 

Mutual

400

First they're sour.  Then they're sweet. You might be sour too if you were jammed in a bag with all your brothers and sisters. 

Sour Patch Kids

500

This is how long Felix lived in the orphanage. 

Three years and Eight months. 

500

This type of third person perspective is when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.  The narrator is all-knowing. 

Omniscient

500

This part of the story is the first problem. It is what launches the character into action. 

Inciting Incident

500

This word means to have knots or to be misshapen. 

Gnarled

500

Named for the heroes of an Alexandre Dumas book, this candy bar is milk chocolate filled with an airy grayish filling. I wish they came in bars of three. 

3 Musketeers.