english words Flashcards
Pastoral
Set in countryside with that suggests that living there is sunny, beautiful, pleasant
Romance
Stories about Knights
Folk/ fairy tales
Simple stories where characters are meant to represent equality to teach moral lesson
Picaresque
Story about adventure who roams around countryside and has misadventures
Novel
Multiple thoughts, multiple storylines, lots of characters, realistic settings
Conflict
Problem
Climax
Height of tension
Resolution/denuement
The story gets tide up
Deus Ex machina
God from a machine
In medias res
in the middle of things, a story not in order
Round
Has multiple elements to their personality
Flat
All good or all bad, always lazy
Static
Doesn’t change personality
Dynamic
Changes personality
Foil
A character who faces similar situation to protagonist but reacts differently
