Comprehensive Exam Flashcards
Rising Action
Incidents building toward the turning point
Exposition
Background information for understanding a story
Climax
Turning point which marks a change in the story
Falling Action
Unravelling of conflict between the protagonist and antagonist
Resolution
The protagonist resolves the main conflict in the story
First Person Point of Voew
“I” or “my” story
“We” or “our” story
Third Person Limited
The narrator tells “his” or “her” story revealing the characters thoughts and feelings
Third Person Omniscient
Reveals thoughts more than one character in the story
Omniscient Point of View
Possess narrator that observes everything that happens in the story
Limited Point of View
Presents information of only one character. The feelings, thoughts and observations or action
Steps Creating Thesis Statement
Pick theme
Ask Question
Take Position
Create Hypothesis or Question
Thesis Statement
Main idea conveys essay
States plainly what a writer tries to persuade in a reader
Answers specific question
Needs to have a point of view
Symbol
Object, setting, or character having a meaning as itself or standing for something greater
Abstract idea
Symbolism
Allows people communicate beyond boundaries language
Humans use it all time
Word are mere symbols for other things
Antagonist
Antihero
Character creates conflict for protagonist
