A topic or category or type of book.
fiction, nonfiction, realistic fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, sci-fi, so on and so forth.
What is a GENRE
This type of conflict is a INTERNAL struggle.
What is character vs SELF
Martin Luther King Jr. fighting for Civil Rights.
What is character VS society
Define PLOT
The action or series of events that make up the story.
The action and events in a story
What is plot
The message, moral, or lesson of a story. What the author wants you to take away from the story.
What is THEME
A struggle against an outside force.
What is an EXTERNAL conflict
Greg fighting with his brother Rodrick.
What is character VS character
This is the peak of the story, the conflict is at its highest.
What is the CLIMAX
what are characters
The main character of the story, usually the good guy, but not always perfect.
Who is the PROTAGONIST
This type of conflict could involve a blizzard or a tornado.
What is character vs force of nature
Anne struggles in her relationship with her mom in "The Diary of Anne Frank."
What is character VS character
This is the final point of Freytag's Pyramid or the Plot Line.
What is the resolution or DENOUEMENT
fuel of the story, a struggle between opposing forces
what is conflict?
This character causes problems for the main character. Not always the bad guy, but can be.
Who is the ANTAGONIST
Give me a synonym for CONFLICT.
drama, struggle, fight, problem....
I want to tell my mom the truth about who broke the lamp, but I know she will be mad and probably ground me.
What is character VS self
This part of Freytag's pyramid is where the suspense is building.
What is the rising action
the main idea, lesson, moral of a story.
What is the theme?
These two things are introduced in the exposition of a fiction story.
What are the setting and characters
This is the part of the plot line where the conflict is introduced.
What is the INCITING INCIDENT
Trying to survive in the middle of the woods, where you are lost without shelter.
What is character VS force of nature
Draw and LABEL each part of Freytag's Pyramid (the plot line).
1. exposition
2. inciting incident
3. rising action
4. climax
5. falling action
6. resolution/denouement
The where and the when.