Setting, Characters, & Conflict

Which questions about the story will the setting answer?

• What is the author's attitude toward the characters?
• Where and when does the story take place?
• Who are the people the story is about?
  Why and why did the author write the story?

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Setting can give clues about a story's _____. 

• plot
• conflict
• mood
• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a character?

• The person, animal or creature in a story, play, or another text
• The place where the story happens
• The writer of the book

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The reader learns much about General Zaroff in "The Most Dangerous Game", he would best be described as.... which kind of character?

• Flat
• Round
• Dynamic
• Protagonist

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In "The Bass, The River and Sheila Mant", the narrator grows throughout the story as he learns a valuable lesson. He demonstrates which type of character?

• Dynamic
• Static
• Round
• Flat

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What are the two MAIN types of conflict?

• setting and characters
• internal and essential
• internal and external
• external and essential

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

When his father is badly hurt during hike deep in the Montana wilderness, a young boy must make his way back to civilization to get help.

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Nature
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Self

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Unhappy with her appearance, a young girl struggles with an eating disorder. 

• Character vs. Character
• Character vs. Nature
• Character vs. Society
• Character vs. Self

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is an antagonist?

• The person or thing that goes against the protagonist

• The person or thing that is friends with the protagonist

• The person or thing that is the main character

• The person or thing that is the leader of the text

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3