1. 4th 6 Weeks Test Study Guide
Study Hard!!

2. What are 3 Things that almost Every Story is Based On?
Characters Setting Plot

3. _____________ are the people or animals that act in the story.
Characters

4. The setting is _________and __________ the story takes place.
When Where

5. The plot is made Up of the ___________ the Characters Face and the __________the problems are _____________.
Problems Way Solved

6. A ___________is a Problem the main Character or Characters try to solve.
Conflict

7. True or False: A story can only have One Conflict.

8. The __________comes after the Conflict.
Climax
This is where the problem stops getting bigger and begins to be solved.
This is when the main character usually has to make a decision or learns a lesson.
The main problem that the character must face and overcome.
The events that lead to the solving of the problem.
The events that lead up to the main conflict
Here the conflict is completely solved and loose ends are tied up
Introduces Characters and gives Background info

9. Look Carefully at this diagram to better understand the flow of a story.
Middle = Climax or Turning point
The height of the action
Conflict = Problem
Solution=Falling Action
Growth =learns a lesson or makes a hard decision
Call to Adventure = Rising Action
Closure=Resolution
Did the main character change?
Ordinary life=Exposition

10. The Climax is the point in the story when the problem stops getting __________ and Starts to be ___________.
Bigger Solved

11. Climax Decision Lesson
You can Identify the __________because it is usually when the main character makes a Major _____________ or Learns a _________.
Climax Decision Lesson

12. To ___________ is to tell a story.
Narrate

13. The ______________describes who tells a Story.
Point of View

14. First person point of view
When the Narrator is a character in the story it is called_______________.
First person point of view
Narrator
The pronouns to look for are I, My, We, ours, us, mine.
Only use words OUTside the “quotation marks” to help you decide.
The globe represents the “story”.
First person is when the narrator is part of the story.
It is an eye witness account

15. A _______________narrator tells what happens from outside the story
Third Person
Story
Narrator
Not involved in the story’s Action

17. Ignore Words inside the Quotation MArks
Narrator is not part of the action =3rd person.
For example:
“ I went to the store,” he said.
“I love ice cream,” Sally said as we sat on the couch.
Narrator is sitting on the couch with her… therefore is part of the story. = 1st person
We don’t care what was said! WE DO CARE WHO SAID IT!

18. There are Two Types of 3rd Person Narration
3rd person Omniscient
3rd Person Limited
This narrator knows or is “limited” to the thoughts of ONLY one character (usually the main character).
Both narrators are NOT part of the story’s action
This narrator knows the thoughts of all or most of the characters
“Omni” means All knowing!

19. Second Person narration always addresses ___________.
“You” decide what happens next.
“You”
“You” are the person that the recipe is speaking to.

20. Listen to What the Author Tells you about the _______________.
Characters
Pay close attention to the WORDS the author uses to describe the characters!
Listen to the characters WORDS and ACTIONS!
Think about how the characters are ALIKE and DIFFERENT!

21. Watch for Direct and Indirect____________.
Characterization
“Judy is nice.”
With Direct Characterization
the author comes right out and tells you what the character is like.

22. Indirect Characterization
“Judy helped me with my homework, cleaned my room, and baked me cookies.”
“Shows” you what the character is like by describing their thoughts or actions
Instead of saying Judy is nice the author tells about the nice things that Judy does.

23. The things people do and say tell us a lot about them!
Dialogue is made up of the __________ ___________ and _____________ of the characters in a story.
Exact Words Thoughts
The things people do and say tell us a lot about them!
Dialogue
“QUOTATION MARKS” identify _____________________.

24. Setting is _____________ and ____________ the story takes place
When Where
It includes things like the year, season, time of day, and weather.

25. Setting The setting can sometimes affect the ______ of the story.
Mood
Playful, Fun, happy, Fresh, Healthy
Scary, spooky, creepy, eerie
Death, fear, beauty, thirst
Fast Paced, Exciting, Wealthy, Businesslike
Majestic, Dangerous, Awesome, Magical

26. The __________is what Happens in the ___________.
Plot Story
A Problem is also called a
__________.
CONFLICT
The PLOT is the “WHAT”

27. True Or False: A character can have many types of problems
There can be as many conflicts as the author wants the story to have.

28. There are Six Types of Conflict
Person vs. Person
When the main character has a problem with another person (not always a physical fight)
Person vs. Nature
When the main character has to struggle against nature.
Person vs. Self
When the main character has an inner struggle within themselves.

29. Types of Conflict continued…
Person vs. Society
When a character has to fight against traditions, institutions, or laws.
Person vs. Supernatural
When the main character struggles against forces that are not of this world (ghosts, spirits, vampires, werewolves).
Person vs. Technology
The central character struggles against the forces of technology (cell phones, robots, anything technological)

30. Combine it with what you read, And draw a logical conclusion!
True Or False: When authors write stories, they don’t fill in every detail.
TRUE!!
You will have to make _______________guesses based on___________ from the story and what you ______________ from your own life experiences.
intelligent
facts
know
Take What you Know,
Combine it with what you read,
And draw a logical conclusion!

31. When making a prediction you must base it on facts from the story!
When you use things you learn from a story to make a guess about what will happen next, it is called making a ______________.
Prediction
When making a prediction you must base it on facts from the story!

32. True Or False: If you make a wild prediction you will probably be correct.
NO WILD Guesses!

33. A ______________is the story of a person’s life written by Someone else
Biography
A biography is usually told in ____________ order in the form of a ___________.
Bio= Life
Graphy= Write
Bio+Graphy = Life write
time
Biographers write biographies.
story
Biographies not only tell what the people did but try to explain why.

34. An _______________ is the story of a person’s life Written by themselves.
Autobiography
Autobiographies are less formal than biographies
Auto=Self
Bio= Life
Graphy= Write
Auto+Bio+Graphy= Self Life Write
Helps you understand what it was like to “really be there.”
Autobiography
Biography
Autobiographies may be less reliable because they are based on a person’s memory of the way things were.
To check reliability you should read a biography about the same person.

35. If you studied hard and learned all of this you will_____________________.
Do GREAT!!!!!!!
Thanks for your hard work!!!!