Plot & Structure
The time and place where a story happens.
What is Setting?
The specific qualities or personality features shown by a character.
What are Character Traits?
The voice or person telling the story to the reader.
What is the Narrator?
An underlying message about life or human nature that the writer wants to convey.
$100 Answer: What is Theme?
The overall struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is Conflict?
A simple character defined by only 1–2 traits who never grows or changes.
What is a Flat Character?
Story perspective told by a character using "I" and "Me."
What is First Person Narrator?
The writer's attitude toward their subject, shown through word choice and details.
$200 Answer: What is Tone?
The turning point of maximum suspense or tension in the plot.
What is Climax?
A character who undergoes major emotional growth or changes their behavior.
What is a Dynamic Character?
An outside narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters.
$300 Answer: What is Third Person Omniscient?
A concrete object, person, or place that represents a bigger abstract idea.
$300 Answer: What is a Symbol?
Hints or clues planted early to build suspense about future events.
What is Foreshadowing?
The underlying reasons or desires driving a character's actions.
What is Character Motivation?
An outside narrator who zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of ONLY ONE character.
$400 Clue: An outside narrator who zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of ONLY ONE character.
Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses to re-create sensory experiences.
$400 Clue: Words and phrases that appeal to the five senses to re-create sensory experiences.
A scene that jumps back in time to show an event that happened before the story began. $500 Answer: What is Flashback?
What is Flashback?
A complex character exhibiting a wide range of emotions, strengths, and weaknesses.
What is a Round Character?
The unique combination of ideas, values, and beliefs that influences how a writer looks at a topic.
What is Author's Perspective?
Recurring elements or concepts that pop up throughout a work to help reveal the theme.
$500 Answer: What are Motifs?