1. SHORT STORY AND LITERATURE!
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2. SHORT STORY JEOPARDY
ELEMENTS
PARTS
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3. The way that the author arranges his or her ideas to develop the basic idea.
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4. The people in a story who give it life.
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5. The angle from which the story is told.
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6. The controlling idea or central insight that the author wants you to learn?
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7. The opposition of forces which ties one incident to another and makes the plot move.
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8. The beginning of the story. This is where the author sets the stage.
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9. The series of actions or complications that set up the conflict for the main character of the story.
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10. The series of events that occur after the main conflict but before the ending of the story.
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11. The high point in the story where the conflict finally breaks out.
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12. The ending where the conflict is finally worked out.
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13. In the book Harry Potter, Ron Weasley is Harry’s ______.
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14. In the book Holes, Stanley Yelnats is typically portrayed as the _______.
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15. In the book Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Tri-wizard Tournament is the ________.
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16. The P.O.V. in Harry Potter is ________.
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17. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, racism is ________.
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18. The main or central character.
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19. The person or force that the main character is against.
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20. The general name given to characters who are aren’t heavily involved in the storyline.
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21. In the book Harry Potter, Voldemort is a typical _______.
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22. In the film Star Wars, Anakin Skywalker is a typical _______.
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23. What is the plot?
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24. Who are the characters?
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25. What is the point of view (P.O.V.)?
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26. What is the theme?
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27. What is the conflict?
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28. What is the exposition?
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29. What is rising action?
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30. What is falling action?
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31. What is the climax?
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32. What is the resolution?
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33. Who is the sidekick?
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34. Who is the protagonist?
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35. What is the conflict?
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36. What is Harry Potter’s perspective?
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37. What is the conflict?
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38. Who is the protagonist?
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39. Who is the antagonist?
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40. Who are supporting characters?
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41. What is an antagonist?
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42. What is a protagonist?
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