Plot Stages
What was the climax of Toy Story 1?
Andy and Buzz miss the truck and run out of battery but use the rocket to fly back into andys car.
A writer’s use of hints or clues in early scenes to suggest events that will occur later
Foreshadowing
What type of point of view is this statement.
You understand the thoughts and emotions of one character and are restricted to their perspective in a story, uses the words I or me.
1st person
Who are the two main characters of A Sound of Thunder?
Eckles and Mr.Travis
What does Jeff say to scare his dad?
Booga-Booga
The 5 parts of plot stages
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
Give me an example of flashback that we have read in class.
(Depends on Answer)
What are character traits?
Qualities shown by characters.
How did Eckles' actions in the past change the future.
By walking off the path and accidentally stepping on a butterfly.
Because she knows its one of her own.
What does the exposition introduce? (3 answers)
Setting, Characters, and Conflict
An account of a conversation, episode, or event that happened before the beginning of the story, or at an earlier point
Flashback
What is the difference between an omniscient and limited narrator.
Omniscient knows the thoughts and emotions of all characters in a story.
Limited knows the thoughts and emotions on one character in a story.
What is the name of the tour guide who goes back in time before the safari to mark the dinosaurs?
Lesperance
What is the name of bills book in the short story version and the movie version?
Ghost Kiss/Spiders Kiss
What does the falling action do a the story?
Eases the Suspense
Reveals the outcome of the story’s climax
Shows how the main character resolve the conflict
What was the foreshadowing in the incredibles and the resolution of this foreshadowing?
Edna telling Mr.Incredible no capes. Syndrome dying because his cape gets stuck in the plane engine.
What are the 3 methods of characterization?
Physical Appearance
Speech, Thoughts, and Actions
Other Characters
Describe the consequences of killing a mouse 46 billion years in the past.
Killing one mouse kills their decedents which kill their descendants. The food of a fox has disappeared by killing the mouse. The food of the lion has disappeared by killing the fox. The food of the human who started a civilization has disappeared by the lion dying.
How does Katie foreshadow that bill will die of a heart attack?
By talking with her friend on the phone discussing that bill always exaggerates his health problems.
What is the difference between internal and external conflict and give me an example of both?
Internal Conflict: A struggle within the characters mind
Ex: How can this character overcome their jealousy?
External Conflict: A clash between a character and an outside force.
Ex: Will the athlete defeat her bitter rival?
What is this definition referring to?
Events that follow a linear order.
Chronological Order
Which method of characterization does this example show?
You might infer that a character who repeatedly misses softball practice without telling the coach is irresponsible or unreliable.
Speech, Thoughts, and Actions
Who are the two names of the presidential candidates in the election. Who was president before and after Eckles left.
Keith before.
Deutscher after.
Name all the main characters in the story. (There are 8)
Katie, Bill, Dawn, Polly, Dennis, Connie, Jeff, Hank