FICTION Literary Terms Flashcards
What are the 5 parts of a fiction plot called?
- Exposition (introduction)
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action 5. Resolution (ending/solution)
Who is the main character/good guy,hero heroine in a work of fiction?
protagonist
What is it called when the story is at it’s highest point of tension, action or when the conflict/ problem is at it’s worst? Why is it called the turning pount of the story?
climax
Who is the bad guy that is against the protagonist or the characer or forcethat work against the_______?
antagonist
What is it when squence of events that happen within a story?
plot
What is it when a series of events and conflicts involving the story’s characters that lead to the climax?
rising action
What is it when events follow after the climax and leads to the resoulution?
falling action
What is the conclusion or the ending of the story?
resoulution
What word defines time and place in which the story takes place?
setting
When it says atmosphere or feelingof a literary work what word are they trying to define?
mood
Who’s thoughts and actions make up a story?
characters
Which characters are fully developed with both positive qualities and flaws?
round characters
What type of characters undergo change over the course of a story as a result of their experience?
dynamic characters
What type of characters that do not undergo any change from the story’s inception to its conclusion are?
static characters
Which kind of characters that are stereotypical and one-dimensional are?
flat characters
What methods are used by an author to develop a character?
characterization
What obstacle, struggle or controversy that the protaganist must resolve to overcome?
conflict
What kind of conflict in which the protaganist has a problem with another character?
character vs. character
Which type of conflict in which the protaganist must struggle against a harsh enviroment or natural disaster?
character vs. nature
What kind of conflict which the protaganist faces a problem with a part or the whole of society?
character vs. society
Which type of conflict in which the protaganist is at odds with an internal, such as fear, shyness or guilt?
character vs. self
What kind of conflict in which the protaganist struggles with a force that seems beyond the characters control?
character vs. fate
Which characters are introduced and background information is provided to better understand the events of the story is?
exposition
What are the use of clues early in a story to give hints about events that will happen later is?
foreshadowing
