Stray

Elements of a Story

100

Plot

Plot concerns the organization of the main events of a work of fiction

200

Setting

time and place

300

Protagonist 

Antagonist 

Protagonist: The main character; the hero

Antagonist: The character who is in conflict with the protagonist in some way; the “bad guy”

400

Climax

The “high point”.  This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict.  The main character will change in some way.

500

Other two character "types" we discussed in class

• Static: Character stays the same

• Dynamic: Character changes in some way

Vocab

100

timidly 

showing shyness

200

trudged 

walk slowly and with heavy steps

300

grudgingly

reluctantly 

400

ignore

refuse to take notice of or acknowledge

500

exhausted 

when was this word used in the story

drained of one's physical or mental resources/ very tired

the night before Mr. Lacey takes the puppy to the pound

Plot

100

clues that Doris would not be allowed to keep the puppy

-parents automatically say no

200

agreement Doris makes with her parents about keeping the puppy until they get to the pound

She will take responsibility of the puppy

300

How do Doris's parents tell her the puppy was not left in the pound

You better feed that mutt before it dies of starvation 

400

Protagonist of the story
Antagonist of the story

Doris

Parents

Conflict

100

 types of conflicts we have discussed in class

Man vs. Man

Man Vs. Self

Man vs. Nature

200

example of man vs. man

Doris vs. Dad

300

example of man vs. nature

Mr. Lacey vs. Snow

Puppy vs. Snow

400

example of man vs. self

Mr. Lacey

Doris

500

man vs. society

Mr. Lacey vs. society