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Genre
Point of View
Setting
Character
Plot
100
The genre that features an amateur small-town detective. Violence often off stage
What are cozies?
100
The narrator is in the story, telling it with "I" and "me".
What is first person?
100
This might include clues that let us know it is the afternoon, evening, the future, colonial times, or clock time.
What is time?
100
The main character who causes the action to happen.
What is the protagonist?
100
The critical turning point of the story, when the conflict is most tense.
What is climax?
200
The genre with intellectual puzzles in which detectives solve seemingly impossible crimes.
What is locked room/puzzle genre?
200
The narrator is outside the story and doesn't know anyone's thoughts.
What is 3rd person objective?
200
This might include such things as a city, state, country, castle, cottage, playground, ship, mountain, or stadium.
What is place?
200
The character that works against the main character, often the "bad guy".
What is the antagonist?
200
The two "actions" that show character dealing with conflicts and resolving conflicts.
What a rising and falling?
300
This genre often places murder and violence center stage
What is hardboiled?
300
The narrator is outside the story and knows the protagonist's thoughts ONLY.
What is 3rd person limited?
300
This might include details that describe the weather, the noise level, or darkness.
What is the environment?
300
The two different types of characterization.
What are direct and indirect?
300
The two types of conflict.
What are internal and external?
400
This genre often involves some kind of "ticking clock" with unfolding events leading to a climactic conclusion.
What is suspense?
400
The narrator is outside the story and knows everyone's thoughts.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
400
Gives feelings or vibes to readers through words and descriptions, for example creepy vs. cheerful.
What is the mood?
400
Characterization: "She was not your typical cheerleader. She used big words and wore overalls to school."
What is an example of direct characterization?
400
The part of the story that introduces the character, setting, and main conflict.
What is the exposition?
500
This genre carries an underlying assumption that good may not always triumph.
What is Noir?
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY. You can double your points (or lose them). Tell me your bids now:
What perspective is The Outsiders written in? WHY?
500
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What is the place, time, mood, and environment of the old church in The Outsiders?
500
The five ways an author can indirectly characterize.
What is speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks.
500
The FOUR "Man vs. __" Conflicts.
What are Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society, and Man vs. Self?