Plot
The beginning of the story is known as...
Exposition
What are the 4 character labels to describe a character's personality/development?
round, flat, static, dynamic
TRUE OR FALSE - there can be more than one type of conflict in a story?
True
What is theme?
The life lesson or moral of the story.
What is a protagonist?
The main character of a story - usually the hero
The most exciting part of the story is....
Climax
Characters that don't have a lot of personality and are really only there to drive the plot forward are considered...
Flat characters
or
Flat and static
What is an example of external conflict?
man vs man
man vs nature
man vs technology
man vs society
One day, the hare and tortoise decided to have a race. The hare knew he was much faster than the tortoise, so he decided to take a nap and catch up to the tortoise later to win the race. The tortoise, on the other hand, worked hard and did his best the entire time. By the time the hare woke up, it was too late. He couldn't catch up to the tortoise and ended up losing the race.
What is the theme?
Slow and steady wins the race.
Don't wait until the last minute.
What is setting?
the time and place in a story
The phrase "They all lived happily ever after" refers to what part of the story?
Resolution
A character that has a lot of personality but doesn't change much is considered...
round and static
What is internal conflict, otherwise known as Man vs Self?
a character struggling or battling something within themselves
What the theme?
Hard work pays off in the end!
What is direct characterization?
When an author explicitly tells you information about a character
Cinderella going to the ball, Tony Stark improving the Iron Man suit, Shrek accepting Lord Farquaad's offer, and Moana finding Maui are all examples of what part of the plot?
Rising Action
Billy is a fun, rowdy, smart kid of about 10 years old. He loves to hang out with his friends and build model rockets. However, Billy is also kind of a bully. As he finishes the school year however, he starts to treat everyone better and becomes nicer.
What kind of character is Billy?
round and dynamic
Billy is now 16 and able to drive himself to school. However, when he comes out to his car in the morning, he realizes it's covered in snow, so now he's late to school.
What type of conflict is this?
Man vs Nature
One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat.
"What!" cried the Ants in surprise, "haven't you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?"
"I didn't have time to store up any food," whined the Grasshopper; "I was so busy making music that before I knew it the summer was gone."
The Ants shrugged their shoulders in disgust.
"Making music, were you?" they cried. "Very well; now dance!" And they turned their backs on the Grasshopper and went on with their work.
Make sure your work is done before you play.
What is mood?
overall feeling or atmosphere of the story
That's it. They had won. As the hero's sat looking over the wreckage of the field and watching the opposing troops retreat, they reflected on the hard journey to this moment and all that they had sacrificed.
What part of the plot does this refer to?
Falling Action
Tony Stark, Shrek, Moana, Simba, and Harry Potter are all considered what type of characters?
Round and Dynamic
What TWO conflicts take place here?
man vs man (or girl vs girls)
man vs society (or girl vs school board)
Two kids were sitting on the street playing. Both of them were getting hungry, so they went to their mothers for a snack.
The first kid screamed and wailed and cried until he got a snack. Pretty quickly, his mom found an apple and gave it to the kid to eat.
The second kid asked his mother for a snack, but she didn't have anything with her at the moment. She told him if he waited with his friend and his mother, she would go get him a snack. He agreed. She asked the other kid's mom to watch her kid for a little bit, and went to go get him a snack. After a short time, she came back with some McDonalds and even a new toy!
The first boy got jealous, but his mom refused to get him McDonald's because he had already had a snack, so the second boy happily ate his McDonald's by himself.
What's the theme?
What is indirect characterization?
When you infer traits/information about a character from the character's actions