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Definitions
Plot Diagram
Elements of Literature
Word Wall
Wild Card
100
To cry or wail loudly
What is bawling?
100
Protagonist
Who is Billie Jo?
100
A graphic organizer that shows all parts of the story in sequence.
What is a plot diagram?
100
When the reader is introduced to the basic elements of the story - characters, setting, conflict
What is exposition?
100
Ma and baby Franklin dying are both examples of this
What is rising action?
200
A threatening look or expression
What is scowl?
200
Setting (place)
What is the Oklahoma Panhandle?
200
Two opposing types of characters in a story
What are protagonist and antagonist?
200
When all the problems are finally worked out
What is resolution?
200
The sequence of events in the whole story
What is plot?
300
Irritated or vexed
What is riled?
300
Trigger event
What is when Billie Jo and Ma get burned?
300
Two types of conflict (i.e. "inside and outside")
What internal and external?
300
Something that happens to set the events of the story in motion. Without this one moment, the story would not take place.
What is trigger event?
300
The character or thing that gets in the way of the goal of the story
What is antagonist?
400
Irritable, touchy
What is testy?
400
Setting (time)
When is Winter 1934 - Winter 1935?
400
A character that does not change throughout the story.
What is a static character?
400
A pivotal point where the story could go either way
What is climax?
400
To grow long and slender, like a plant
What is spindled?
500
Deeply impressed
What is dazzled?
500
Main conflict for all characters in this story (Person vs. Nature).
What is the Dustbowl/drought?
500
Four types of conflict (i.e., "person vs. ____)
What are: person vs. self person vs. society person vs. person person vs. nature?
500
A series of events that build the action and suspense.
What is rising action?
500
A series of events that wind down the action of the story
What is falling action?