Vocabulary
Any story that tells an invented or imagined tale.
What is fiction?
The end of a story where the plot is tied up and ended.
What is the resolution?
A conversation between two or more people versus the way a person speaks based on where they live/ what social group they belong to
What is dialogue versus dialect?
A character that does NOT change throughout a story
What is static?
Ms. Carlson's BIGGEST pet peeve from students.
What is cheating?
Word used to describe any writing that isn't poetry or drama.
What is prose?
The peak of the story when the plot is at its highest point.
What is the climax?
The main character of the story versus the person working AGAINST that character
What is protagonist versus antagonist?
The word we use to describe the process of creating a new character.
What is characterization?
Ms. Carlson's favorite soda.
What is Pepsi?
A brief work of fiction.
What is a short story?
A conflict is developed and issues start to arise.
What is the rising action?
When a writer uses hints to tell the reader about what will happen later in the story versus when the chronological order of a story is interrupted to inform the reader of an earlier event.
What is foreshadowing versus flashback?
A character that DOES change throughout the story.
What is dynamic?
Ms. Carlson's best friend at the high school.
Who is Ms. Bragg?
What is a novel?
What happens after the main conflict is played out.
What is the falling action?
What is first person POV versus third person POV?
What is a theme?
The name of either one of Mrs. Carlson's cats
The diagram used to denote different parts of a story.
What is a story plot map?
The opening of a story
What is the exposition?
The difference between appearance and reality versus the force that drives a character to do or say certain things.
What is irony versus motivation?
The word used to describe a character's gradual improvement/ detailing as the story goes on.
What is development?
Ms. Carlson's favorite Disney movie.
What is 'The Little Mermaid' or 'The Lion King'?