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Plot
Character
Conflict
Other Elements
Folk and Fairy Tales
100

This stage of plot is the introduction to characters, setting, and conflict.

exposition

100

The main character of a story is called this.

protagonist

100

This is the main type of conflict we see in Natiki, where the protagonist is in conflict with her family.

person vs. person

100

This is the word for a story's emotional atmosphere. It is created through the setting and details.

mood

100

In "Rumpelstiltskin," the miller lied to the king by saying his daughter could spin straw into this.

gold

200
This second stage of plot involves events that develop the ______ by adding tension and suspense.

conflict

200

This type of character changes due to events in the story.

dynamic

200

This type of conflict might involve survival in the wilderness.

person vs. nature

200

This point of view is when the narrator is a character in the story (usually the protagonist).

1st person

200

The monkey bridegroom climbed this type of tree, which was not good etiquette in Edo Japan.

cherry blossom tree

300

This stage of plot involves a major turning point in the story's main conflict.

climax

300

The antagonist creates ______ for the protagonist.

conflict

300

This type of conflict is often internal, where the protagonist is the source of their own problem.

person vs. self

300

This point of view involves a narrator that knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in a story and uses pronouns like he, she, they.

3rd person omniscient

300

This is the third item Rumpelstiltskin requests from the miller's daughter in exchange for his help.

her first born child

400
The resolution is where the story's conflict has been ________ and the author might tie up loose ends of the story.

resolved

400

This type of character is one we don't have much information about.

flat
400

A story where the protagonist is in conflict with a bear that behaves like a person would be considered this.

person vs. person

400

This is the term to describe why an author created a text.

author's purpose

400

Natiki's family doesn't recognize her at this event.

the dance of the full moon

500

This stage of plot is usually one of the shortest in a story. It's where we see the immediate aftermath of the climax.

falling action

500

When defining a character, we must consider the ways they ______, feel, and act.

think

500

Science-fiction and dystopian stories often involve this type of conflict.

person vs. society

500

This type of imagery appeals to the sense of taste.

gustatory imagery

500

When Li Chi found the skulls of the nine girls, she said they were devoured "for [their] ________"

timidity