Plot elements

CONFLICT

100

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN OPPOSING FORCES.

What is CONFLICT?

200

CHARACTER STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS.

What is MAN VS. NATURE?

300

A GROUP OF STUDENTS PROTEST TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL'S DRESS CODE.

What is MAN VS. SOCIETY?

400

A CHARACTER THAT STRUGGLES AGAINST A FORCE WITHIN THE CHARACTER. (EXP: FEAR, SADNESS, OR MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION)

What is MAN VS SELF

500

List the 5 Conflicts we find in literature.

What is Man VS Man, Man VS Self, Man VS Nature, Man VS Society, Man VS Technology

Vocab

100

THE PERSON OR ANIMAL WHO TAKES PART IN TEH ACTION OF A LITERARY WORK.

What is CHARACTER?

200

The person who goes against the main character, also known as the bad guy.

Who is the Antogonist?

300

THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A LITERARY WORK.

What is PROTAGONIST?

400

The time and place of a story.

What is Setting?

500

The chain of events that makes up a story.

What is Plot?

PLOT DIAGRAM

100

Part of the plot diagram where the time and place of the event is revealed.

What is setting?

200

THE MOST EXCITING MOMENT. THE TURNING POINT.

What is CLIMAX?

300

THE STORY'S CONFLICT IS FULLY WORKED OUT/ PROBLEM SOLVED. DETAILS THAT EXPLAIN THE SOLUTION.

What is RESOLUTION?

400

DETAILS, EXPLANATIONS, THAT BRING STORY TO A CLOSE. TENSION EASES; HOWEVER FINAL OUTCOME NOT FULLY WORKED OUT.

What is FALLING ACTION?

500

FIRST STAGE OF THE STORY: INTRODUCES CHARACTERS; DESCRIBES SETTING; AND SETS UP THE PROBLEM.

What is EXPOSITION?

OTHER

100

THE WORDS THAT THE CHARACTERS SPEAK ALOUD. IN MOST LITERARY WORKS QUOTATION MARKS ARE USED AROUND THESE WORDS.

What is DIALOGUE?

200

THIS IS THE PART OF THE PLOT DIAGRAM WHERE THE FINAL OUTCOME IS ACHIEVED AND THE LOOSE ENDS ARE TIED UP.

What is RESOLUTION?

300

THIS is the very first moment of conflict that starts the story.

What is Inciting Incident?

400

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS INVOLVING CHARACTERS AND A CENTRAL CONFLICT.

What is PLOT?

500

THE UNDERLYING MEANING.

What is THEME?