elements of fiction vocab cards Flashcards
In a good story, action rises to the conflict,
And conflict ___ when somebody solves it
resolves
___ helps determine where the story goes.
The problem that a character must overcome
conflict
The ___ grew as the story went on, keeping the audience at the edge of their seats.
tension
A synonym for: story line
plot
My favorite ___ in Goldilocks and the Three Bears is Baby Bear. He finds Goldilocks asleep at the end!
character
what is the right word to its definition?
a person who struggles against or competes with another; the enemy of the protagonist.
antagonist
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Boring story plot? I got the perfect tonic:
Mix it up with a little ___ conflict.
Character versus character, yeah, you know the narrative,
Think about Peter Pan and Captain Hook scaring him.
external
Dorothy is the ___ in The Wizard of Oz; there are hardly any scenes without her.
protagonist
a struggle or problem a character in a story must overcome.
conflict
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decide
settle
resolves
We couldn’t resolve the conflict ourselves, so we asked an ___ authority, our teacher, to weigh in.
external
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on the inside.
internal
I’m writing a novel with a complicated ___. I hope my readers can keep track of the order of events.
plot
the excitement that comes from not knowing the outcome of a story.
tension
Conflicts of the mind are ___ struggles:
Character versus self, the inner mind tussles
With issues of the heart, to stop or to start,
To stay or to part, which action is smart?
internal
