Plot
Definitions
Definitions
Misc.
100

What is the climax?

The most exciting part of the story

Where you find out the result of the conflict

100

What is a subplot?

A side-story that happens separately from the main story

100

What is a protagonist?

The leading character or one of the major characters in a story

An advocate or champion of a GOOD cause or idea

100

What are some things you learn about when the setting is introduced?

Where it happens

When it happens (year, time, season...)

200

What do you find out about during the exposition?

Setting, characters/character traits

200

What is first person point of view?

When the author writes from the perspective of the character using "I, me, we..."

200

What is foreshadowing?

When the author hints at what is going to happen later

200

What is the climax of "The Dare"?

When the main character almost gets caught by the woman inside the house

300

What part of the story has building tension and suspense?

The rising action

300

What is an antagonist?

The character, animal, or force which opposes/gets in the way of the protagonist/main character

300

What is a dynamic character?

A character which changes over the course of the story

400

What is the falling action?

Everything that happens after the climax which wraps up the story

400

What's the fancy word for "resolution" we learned today which refers to tying up all the "loose ends"?

Denoument

400

What is a theme or moral?

The message the author is trying to imply to the reader through the actions of the story

500

Name the six parts of the plot diagram

Exposition, initial incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution