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Getting Back to Basics
Learn By Example
Connections
Cause and Effect
All You Need Is Theme
100
The events of a story
What is plot?
100
Crash in "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
What is the protagonist?
100
Abby, Scooter, Cherry, and Randy
What are supporting characters
100
I can reveal more about characters and create a mood.
What is setting?
100
"Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
What is "Bullying others won't make someone happy."
200
A conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue?
200
Bob in "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
What is the antagonist?
200
Oklahoma in the 1960s, the future in the year 2081, and modern day Pennsylvania.
What are settings?
200
I can be used to build tension, move plot forward, or reveal more about a character.
What is dialogue?
200
"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
What is "People from different groups are not always that different"?
300
The place and time of a story
What is setting?
300
"The truck driver slumped in his seat, one hand on the wheel as the other reached up to massage his sunken eyes as if it could erase the bags under them. His calloused fingers didn’t seem to have the magic touch needed, however, and when he pulled his hand back, he only seemed more exhausted. The scruff on his face made his cheek look just as rough as his hands..." is an example of using this writing element.
What is detail?
300
Abby stopping the mall, Dallas flirting with Cherry
What are subplots?
300
I have a major effect on theme, characters, and plot.
What is conflict?
300
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
What is "It is important to value what you have and not be envious"?
400
A problem a character has with an outside force or another character.
What is external conflict?
400
Crash wants to win the race, but he wants to be nice to Penn.
What is internal conflict?
400
The Penn Relays, Johnny and Dallas's deaths, Mathilde running into her old friend ("The Necklace")
What are the climaxes?
400
I impact conflict, plot, and am the best show of theme.
What are characters?
400
"Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
What is "Guilt catches up to people"?
500
Plots involving supporting or minor characters and their conflicts.
What is subplot?
500
Frantic and anxious in "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
What is the tone?
500
The Greasers and the Socs fight, Penn won't leave Crash alone, Darry pushes Ponyboy too hard.
What are external conflicts?
500
I am the result of character, plot, conflict, tone, detail, and dialogue all coming together for the reader to interpret over the course of a text!
What is theme?
500
"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut
What is "Total equality is not worth losing individuality"?