Terms
What term means the sequence of events in a story?
Plot
What is the exposition in a story?
The beginning of a story where an author introduces the setting, characters, and conflict
What point of view is this written in:
"Fritz didn't answer. He came at me again, raining a hail of punches on me."
1st POV
What is the struggle between a character and an outside force?
External Conflict
What type of mood do these environmental details depict: wilting flowers, rainy day, gray sky?
Sadness
What is the point at which the conflict changes for the main character; the a-ha moment for the reader?
Climax
Suspense
What point of view is this written in:
"Her hand is still bandaged from the accident three weeks ago, and her arm is in a sling to keep it elevated."
3rd Person Limited POV
What is the following conflict an example of?
Character versus bad weather
Character versus Nature
What does a four leaf clover symbolize?
Luck
What is the term for the character in a story who creates conflict for the protagonist?
Antagonist
During the _________, the story ends
Falling Action
What point of view is the following sentence?
Eventually, you ascend the stairs to the street. You think of Plato's pilgrims climbing out of the cave, from the shadow world of appearances towards things as they really are..."
2nd Person POV
What is a struggle within a character's mind?
Internal Conflict
What mood do these environmental details represent: creaking floor, fog, branches hitting a window?
Suspense
What are actions or events in literature that excite or hold the reader in anticipation of an outcome?
Suspense
What is the climax of "Mask of the Red Death"?
Prince Prospero confronts the odd guest; he takes one look at him and immediately dies.
"Had such a vegetable appeared, Violet, the eldest Baudelaire, would have tied up her hair in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes, and in moments would have invented a device to retrieve the onion from the water. Klaus, the middle sibling and the only boy, would have remembered useful facts from one of the thousands of books he read."
3rd Person Omniscient POV
Give an example of character versus self
character who is fighting their own emotions: a character who is afraid of something or wondering something
The sword symbolizes protection
The fire represents life/ danger/ light
The colors symbolize emotions
Foreshadowing
Name all of the elements of the plot diagram in order
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
Describe the difference between 3rd person limited POV and 3rd person omniscient POV?
Limited: a narrator tells the story and shares the thoughts and feelings of one character
Omniscient: the narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of all characters, "all knowing"
Give an example of character versus society
A character who is mistreated by the government, a character who fights the laws of the government
Name some environmental details that can indicate the mood of peacefulness
Glistening water, hammock swinging, birds chirping, soft breeze, blue sky