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Basic Elements
Elements of Plot
Conflict
Story Devices
Figurative Language
100
the chain of events that make up a story
What is Plot?
100
the first part of the plot where characters, setting and basic situation are revealed
What is the exposition?
100
the two types of conflict
What are internal and external conflict?
100
interrupting the plot of the story to recreate an incident of earlier time
What is flashback?
100
giving human qualities to non human things
What is personification?
200
the time and place of a story
What is setting?
200
events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution
What is falling action?
200
without conflict, a story would be ________.
What is boring?
200
an ending to a section, chapter, or book that leaves the reader in suspense
What is a cliffhanger?
200
an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
What is a hyperbole?
300
the main character in a story
What is a protagonist?
300
the most exciting or intense part of the story for the protagonist and there is usually a turning point
What is climax?
300
a struggle between a character and the laws or beliefs of a group which could involve poverty, politics, expectations or values
What is Man vs. Society?
300
the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story
What is suspense?
300
the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words
What is an alliteration?
400
the character or force in conflict with the protagonist
What is an antagonist?
400
the main part of the story where complications arise and the plot begins to move along
What is rising action?
400
Name the four specific types of conflict.
What is Man vs. Self, Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature and Man vs. Society?
400
hints or clues suggesting what may happen later in a story
What is foreshadowing?
400
a group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning.
What is an idiom?
500
problems that arise as characters struggle to reach their goals
What is complications?
500
Name the five elements of the plot.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution?
500
the main conflict is central to the plot and is usually resolved by this point
What is the resolution?
500
story devices are techniques that writers use to make a story more _________________.
What is interesting?
500
a reference to a person, place, or even from literature, sports, history, movies or the arts
What is an allusion?