Terms 1
Terms 2
Plot
Conflict
Misc.
100
The turning point of a story.
What is the climax?
100
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
100
Angus Tuck takes Winnie out on the rowboat and explains the circle of life to her.
What is the rising action?
100
"But Winnie could not sleep at all, not for a long, long time" (Babbit 68).
What is man vs. self?
100
Where does the story take place?
What is the town of Treegap?
200
The series of events in a story.
What is the plot?
200
A struggle between two opposing forces.
What is a conflict?
200
At dawn the first week of August, Mae Tuck wakes up and lies in bed smiling at the cobwebs on the ceiling.
What is the exposition?
200
"There was not the least hint of a breeze to soften the heavy August night. And then, over the treetops, on the faraway horizon, there was a flash of white. Heat lightning. Again and again it throbbed, without a sound. It was like pain [Winnie] thought. And suddenly she longed for a thunderstorm" (Babbitt 108).
What is man vs. nature?
200
The book's genre.
What is fantasy?
300
The introduction to a story.
What is the exposition?
300
The part of the plot where the conflicts are resolved.
What is the resolution?
300
Winnie looks out the window and sees that the Tucks are gone.
What is the climax?
300
"Pa! Pa, come back! Something's happened, Pa. The horse is gone. Can you hear me? Someone's stole the horse" (Babbitt 65).
What is man vs. man?
300
When does the story take place?
What is 1880?
400
A struggle within a character.
What is an internal conflict?
400
A struggle with an outside force.
What is an external conflict?
400
Winnie pours spring water on the toad.
What is the falling action?
400
"'[Tuck] said he had to be sure, once and for all. He took his shotgun and pointed it at hisself...'" (Babbitt 40).
What is man vs. self?
400
The two characters who want to make a difference in the world.
Who are Winnie and Miles?
500
The act of creating and developing a character.
What is characterization?
500
The central idea of the story, or the author's message.
What is the theme?
500
Mae hits the man in the yellow suit with a shotgun.
What is the rising action?
500
An example of man vs. society in Tuck Everlasting.
What is when the people of Treegap accuse Mae of murder?
500
If Winnie drank the spring water when she was 17, how old would she be today?
What is 144 years old?