Matching Terms Flashcards
Protagonist
Main character. Focus of action.
Antagonist
One who tries to do something against the protagonist.
Conflict/complication
The unexpected events that interfere with the plans of a character.
Turning point
A point in which a significant change occurs
Climax
Point of highest interest in the story; turning point in the struggle; conflict is resolved.
Point of views
Omniscient
Participant
Observer
Conclusion
The final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
Theme
An idea illustrating a truth if human life in an underlying manner; central or dominating idea in a literary work
Literary techniques
Foreshadowing
Flashback
Irony
Foreshadowing
a clue if something to happen later in a story
Flashback
interruption of chronological sequence by interjection of events of earlier occurrence
Irony
often a point of view intended for mockery; an unexpected or opposite development in the plot that has an inner meaning for a privileged audience
Omniscient
“All knowing”
Participant
character telling story as it happened
Observer
no insight into thinking or behaviour of character
External conflict
A struggle with forces outside oneself
Ex. Man -> man, society-> society, man-> society or animal or nature or machine or supernatural or unkown.
Internal conflict
A struggle that takes place with the heart or mind of the individual
- man against conscience, guilt, fear, indecision, despair, loneliness.
Plot
Pattern for arranging the events or things that happen
Basic plot structure
Initiating incident
Rising action
Climax
Resolution
Initiating incident
Event that starts the story; Begins the conflict
Rising action
Series of event that begin with a problem that the character must strive to overcome; profess through complication to climax
Resolution
Untangling or events and the working out of the problem.
Atmosphere
Overall tone or mood which is created in part by the setting or landscape; established from total impression the reader receives from setting, situation, and feelings and actions of characters
Setting
Time, place, circumstances.
