| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Exposition | The conflict is set up, and the background is provided. |
| Rising Action | Events build toward the highpoint or climax |
| Climax | The turning point of the story |
| Falling Action | The events that follow the climax |
| Resolution | The climax is resolved; final outcome is achieved. |
| Exposition 4 crash | Penn & Crash meet; Learn about Crash and Penn's names; Webbs are Quakers, vegetarian and live in a small house with no toys; Coogans-Hectic, both working parents, eat "fast food" |
| Rising Action for crash****** | Meets Mike Delca; Jane rejects Crash; Scooter moves in; Crash breaks TD record; Penn and Abby stall the mall |
| Climax for Crash | Schooter has a stroke |
| Falling action for Crash | Penn leaves majic mud for Crash; Crash allows Penn to win race; Crash sticks up for Penn |
| Resolution for Crash | Crash goes to Jane's party; Crash and Penn are friends; Scooter is back home |
| Define what a round character is | A fully developed character whose many personalities are revealed...good and bad |
| Example of round characters in Crash | Crash, Penn, Abby Scooter |
| Define a flat character | A one sided character who is simply described |
| Example of a flat charater in Crash | Mike, Coogans, Jane, Webbs |
| Define what a Dynamic character is | A character who changes throughout the course of the story |
| Examples of a dynamic character in Crash | Crash, Abby, Mrs Coogan |
| Define what a Static character is | A character that does not change |
| Examples of a static character in Crash | Scooter, Penn, Jane, Mike |
| Define conflict in a story | Two opposing forces (not always a fight) |
| Define external conflict | a character struggles with an outside force |
| External conflickts involve... | person vs person; person vs nature; person vs society |
| Example of person vs person in Crash | Mike vs Crash; Crash vs Penn |
| Example of person vs nature in Crash | Scooter vs the stroke |
| Example of person vs society in Crash | Abby vs construction of mall |
| Define what internal conflict is | takes place inside the mind of a character. He or she may struggle with a decision, and emotion/feeling etc |
| Example of internal conflict in Crash | Crash feeling guilty about the way he treated Penn |
| Define figurative language | writing or speech that is not meant to be taken litterally |
| Define simile | uses like or as to make a comparison between unlike things |
| Define personification | Non human subject is given human qualities |
| Define metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used in place of another work or pharse to suggest a likeness or analogy between them ( without like or as) |
| Who is the author of Crash | ..... |
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