Elements Of A Fiction Book Flashcards
What means the atmosphere or feeling of a literary work. The setting can contribute to establishing the mood of a story?
Mood
What means the time and place in which a story takes place?
Setting
What means the individuals whose thoughts and actions make up a story. The actions of the character make up the events of the story?
Character
What means the central, focal figure in a work of fiction?
Protagonist
What means a character or force that works against the protagonist, creating obstacles. A story can have more than one antagonist?
Antagonist
What means the characters that are fully developed with both positive qualities and flaws. Most protagonist are round characters?
Round characters
What means characters that undergo change over the course of a story as a result of there experience. Most protagonist are dynamic?
Dynamic character
What means characters that do not undergo any changes from the story’s interception to its conclusion?
Static character
What means characters that as stereotypical and one dimensional. They are simple with limited personality traits?
Flat characters
What means the methods used by an author to develop a character?
Characterization
What means the arrangement, or sequence of events within a story?
Plot
What means an obstacle, struggle, or controversy that the protagonist must resolve to overcome?
Conflict
What means a conflict in which the protagonist has a problem with another character?
Character vs. character
What means a conflict in which the protagonist must struggle against a harsh environment or natural disaster?
Character vs. nature
What means a conflict in which the protagonist faces a problem with a part of the whole society?
Character vs. society
What means a conflict in which the protagonist is at odds with an internal problem such as fear or shyness or guilt?
Character vs. self
What means a conflict in which the protagonist struggles with a force that seems beyond the characters control?
Character vs. fate
What means a second story within the main plot of the story?
Subplot
What means when characters are introduced and background info is provided to better understand the story?
Exposition
What means the use of clues early in the story to give hints about events that will happen later?
Foreshadowing
What means a series of events and conflict involving the story’s characters that leads to the climax?
Rising action
What means the turning point of a story. It is when the conflict is most intense?
Climax
What means the action that follows the climax and leads to the resolution?
Falling action
What means the conclusion of the story?
Resolution
What means an unexpected twist in the resolution of a story. The story concludes in a way that is opposite from what the reader may expect?
Situational irony
What jeans the idea or ideas that weave the characters, setting and events together?
Theme
