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Plot Structure
Story Elements
Student Vocab 1
Student Vocab 2
Student Vocab 3
100
The beginning of the story where you meet the protagonist and discover the conflict of the story
What is exposition?
100
The person, place, or thing that causes the conflict and goes against the main character.
What is an antagonist?
100
An educated guess or idea based on evidence.
What is a hypothesis?
100
a way a group of people speak that is specific to their region.
What is dialect?
100
a weakness in someone's character : a personal fault or failing
What is shortcomings?
200
Happening towards the end of the story, this is when the story begins to work towards the resolution, but there are still some issues going on.
What is falling action?
200
The main character of the story that endures the conflict.
What is the protagonist?
200
to criticize or scold with scathing severity
What is to flay?
200
a comparison that is made using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile?
200
a word that has the same meaning as another word in the same language
What is synonym?
300
This is when the conflict is resolved and some sort of answer is given for the issue.
What is resolution?
300
Where the story takes place
What is the setting?
300
A basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby's cradle.
What is a bassinet?
300
having the ability to know or understand things without any proof or evidence
What is intuitive?
300
to confuse (someone) completely
What is baffle?
400
This happens after you meet the main character and find out what the conflict is. Small events leading up to the main event happen in this category.
What is rising action?
400
The message or lesson to be learned from a story
What is the theme?
400
to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
What is mortified?
400
threatening harm; menacing.
What is baleful?
400
having a very plain and often cold or empty appearance
What is stark?
500
Sometimes known as the main event of the story, this is when the main character meets the conflict head on with the antagonist.
What is climax?
500
The struggle or obstacle that the main character needs to endure.
What is the conflict?
500
an oblong frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid, used for calculating.
What is abacus?
500
the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it
What is onomatopoeia?
500
a person who spends money in a careless or wasteful way
What is spendthrift?