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Story Elements
Story Elements
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English
6th Grade
09/20/2011

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Cards

Term

 

Plot

Definition

 

Series of Events

Term

 

Theme

Definition

 

 

Moral or life lesson learned by the reader

Term

 

 

Climax

Definition

 

 

the turning point in the story

Term

 

Protagonist

Definition

 

Main Character/s

Term

 

Antagonist

Definition

 

 

person or thing causing the conflict

Term

 

3rd person limited

Definition

 

the narrator knows the thought and feelings of one character

Term

 

3rd person omniscient

Definition

 

the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters

Term

 

climax

Definition

 

the turning point in the story

Term

 

resolution

Definition

 

towards the end of the story - tells how the problem is solved

Term

 

external conflict

Definition

 

when an outside force is causing the problem

Term

 

internal conflict

Definition

 

a problem within a character caused by him/herself

Term

 

example of an internal conflict

Definition

 

character vs. self

Term

 

examples of external conflicts

Definition

 

character vs. character

character vs. society

character vs. nature

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mood/tone in a story

Definition

 

the overall emotion of a certain part of a story

Term

 

How are characters developed?

Definition

physical description

emotions, thoughts, feelings

personality

interaction w/other characters

dialogue

 

Term

 

rising action

Definition

 

events leading up to the climax

Term

 

falling action

Definition

 

events after the climax that leads the reader to the resolution

Term

 

What person is the antagonist in "Eleven"?

Definition

 

Mrs. Price

Term
Who is the protagonist in "Eleven"?
Definition

 

Rachel

Term
What was the tone/mood of "Eleven"?
Definition

 

sadness

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setting

 

Definition

 

the time and place the story occurs

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