Short Story Flashcards
What is Plot?
The pattern of events or main story in a narrative.
What is Characters?
The individuals in a story that carry out an action.
What is Conflict?
The struggle between characters or opposing forces in the plot of a story.
Types of Conflict?
Character vs Character
Character vs Self
Character vs Society
Character vs Nature
What is Theme?
The main idea and message or lesson of a story.
What is setting?
The time, place, and situations which a story takes place.
Plot mountain?
Intro
Conflict
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Describe Intro
Where the characters and setting are introduced?
Describe Conflict or inciting Incident
The main problem within a story or narrative. They are multiple types of conflict such as.
Describe Rising Action
Where the events in the story become complicated as the conflict becomes revealed.
Describe Climax
The most action within the story and the turning point.
Describe Falling Action
When the complications in a story are beginning to be resolved. Reader finds out whether the conflict was resolved or not.
Describe Resolution
When the the conflicts and complication in the story has resolved.
Whats the Protangonist?
The main character of a story, and can be a good or bad guy
Whats the Antagonist?
The force that works against the protagonist, and sometimes it the bad guy but no always. The Antagonist is what always causes the protagonist the most problems.
