Plot
The three key components of a plot.
What is Beginning, Middle, and End?
Synonym of theme.
What is moral, subject, message, point.
What is a technique used to convey meaning, enhance literary aesthetic or captivate audience.
The sultan of setting.
Who is Charles Dickens?
Punctuation marks that surround dialogue.
What are quotation marks?
The peak of a story plot.
What is the climax?
One common theme of a story.
What is friendship, courage, danger, shock, awe et.
Literacy Device: The wind whispered through the meadow.
What is personification?
The point of setting
What is build a realistic world / What is invoke a mood.
Rule 2 of formatting dialogue.
What is when introducing a new character to the conversation, begin their dialogue on a new line.
Diagram of Hero's Journey Plot.
What is a double helix/ladder/winding staircase.
Difference between theme and plot.
What is the theme is the underlying message whilst the plot is what happens.
The definition of a metaphor.
What is a figure of speech comparing two different symbols.
Impact of stormy, gloomy setting on story.
What is creates tension, unease, danger, suspense etc.
Type of characterisation used in dialogue.
What is Indirect Characterisation?
The correct order of a Freytag plot (Resolution, Climax, Rising, Action, Orientation, Conflict, Falling Action).
What is Orientation, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.
Theme of a story in which a selfish character learns the importance of helping others.
What is generosity/teamwork/humility.
Literary Device: "Her backpack weighed a tonne"
The five W's.
What are
Weather?
When?
Where?
Who?
What?
What is narration?
Draw a labelled diagram of a simple story on the whiteboard.
What is beginning middle end and straight line.
Suggest a theme for a story about a student who attends to what is higher despite facing difficulty.
What is perseverance, determination, resilience etc.
The definition of a tricolon (rule of three).
What is a series of three similar words or statements.
Two ways setting can impact the plot.
Evoke mood, character decisions, atmosphere, character personalities.
Change 'John was angry' into indirect characterisation.
What is "I have had it up to here with you!" Screamed John.