Story Elements 1
Story Elements 2
Story Elements 3
Story Elements 4
Signposts
100

The problem in the story the main character has to overcome.

 Conflict

100

Another name for the main character in the story.

What is Protagonist?

100

Another name for the character in the story that goes against the main character.

What is Antagonist?

100

The beginning of the story where the main characters and setting are introduced.

What is Exposition?

100

Gold in The Outsiders.

What is Again and Again?


200

What is a the end of quadrant one?

What is conflict?

200

These are the events following the climax where loose ends of the plot are tied up and the conflict is in the process of being resolved

What is Falling Action?

200

This is the part of the story where conflict is resolved or determined to be unsolvable.

What is Resolution?

200

Fighting between the Socs and Greasers is an example of this type of conflict.

What is external?

What is character vs character?

200

Bruce, the shark, says "Fish are friends, not food". 

What are Contrasts and Contradictions?

300

A series of events that make up the story.

What is Plot?

300

The turning point in the story where the suspense of the main conflict reaches its highest point. This is the most intense/emotional part of the story/.

What is Climax?

300

The events in the story that show conflict development and most of the action occurs.

What is Rising Action?

300

An internal struggle the main character has with their own beliefs, feelings, or values is what type of conflict?

What is Person vs Self?

300
The author interrupts the flow of the story by letting the character remember something. 

What is memory moment?

400

The lesson or moral of the story that the author is trying to get across.

What is theme?

400

A lead in, quote and citation is an example of this.

What is evidence?

400

The main character battles against natural forces found in their environment is what type of conflict?

What is Person vs Environment?

400

The main character challenges the rules/laws, traditions, or institutions of their community is what type of conflict?

What is Person vs Society?

400
"'Peroxide? A deck of cards'...Suddenly I realized something. 'Johnny, you ain't thinking of...'". 


This is an example of what signpost?

What is an A-ha moment?

500

What are the 2 aspects of setting and give an example of each?

What is time and place?

Time: Day, Year, time of day/year, time in history, etc.

Physical world: Location, weather, anything related to environment

500

Where do I belong? is an example of what kind of conflict and what specific character experienced this?

What is character vs self conflict?

Who is Ponyboy Curtis?

500

Claim 1 + Claim 2.

What is a thesis statement?

500

Mrs. Galde's students hear this all the time from Mrs. Galde. 

Who does Mrs. Galde love?

Who drives Mrs. Galde crazy and makes her old?

500

"'I were young once and I wanted things I could not get'" from Thank you, M'am could be BOTH of these signposts. 

What is Memory Moment or what is Words of the Wiser?