This part of the plot pyramid introduces the characters and the setting. It may also hint at what the conflict, or problem, will be.
What is Exposition/Introduction?
100
This is the White Star Lines motto.
What is "Safety First"
100
This type of character STAYS the SAME over the course of a novel.
What is a static character?
100
Said or done in a quick and impolite way
What is curt?
100
She had a brother who refused to take off his life jacket AND she stole a letter written for someone else.
Who is Mary Kelly?
200
This second part of the plot pyramid builds suspense and shows how the conflict develops.
What is Rising Action?
200
According to Howard, the Titanic did not have enough of these.
What are lifeboats?
200
Because they are describing words, Character Traits are this part of speech.
What are adjectives?
200
Showing or feeling embarrassment especially because you have done something foolish or wrong.
What is sheepish?
200
This man was trying to set a record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean and thought that his ship was unsinkable.
Who is Capt. Smith?
300
The most exciting part or turning point of the story, it's the highest point of the plot pyramid and makes the outcome of the conflict clear.
What is the Climax?
300
This is where the ship's radio was located. It was also the place that passengers could send and receive messages.
What is Marconi Room?
300
What a character says and does. Where the character works. What other characters think about the character. And how the character makes you feel are all ways to identify this.
What are character traits?
300
Not likely to be seen or noticed by many people.
What is discreet?
300
Barry meets this person and her fiance, Malcolm Bensonhurst after one of his run-ins with the Flynn boys.
Who is Mrs. Adair?
400
This part of the plot pyramid eases the tension and shows how the main character resolves the conflict.
What is the Falling Action?
400
This is the turning point of Chapter 10 and begins the falling action of the story.
What is when the Titanic hits the iceberg?
400
This is the problem that a character has to face and overcome in any story.
What is the conflict?
400
Something that is made to look, feel, or behave like something else especially so that it can be studied or used to train people, for example, a fire drill.
What is a simulation?
400
This person had a caul, warned Barry that he thought the ship was in danger and lead a group of eight passengers out to the boat deck.
Who is Watley?
500
This final part of the plot pyramid reveals how everything turns out and sometimes ends with a surprise twist.
What is Resolution?
500
Many of the first class passengers were not aware that the ship was in danger and thought they were just having this word, which means a type of drill or test.
What is a simulation?
500
This type of character changes over the course of a novel or story.
What is a Dynamic Character?
500
Large and impressively beautiful; Titanic.
What is majestically?
500
She tries to convince Barry to lie about his age, so he would be able to board a lifeboat with the women and children.