Vocab Flashcards
What means the atmosphere or feeling of a literary work?
Mood
What means the time and place in which a story takes place?
Setting
What means the individual whose throughs and actions make up a story?
Characters
What means the central focal figure in work of function?
Protagonist
What means a character or force that works against the protagonist?
Antagonist
What means characters that are fully developed with both positive qualities and flow?
Round characters
What means characters that undergo change over the course of a story as a result of their experience?
Dynamic characters
What means characters that do not undergo any change from the story’s inception to its conclusion?
Static characters
What means characters that are stereotypical and one dimensional?
Flat characters
What means methods used by an author develop a character?
Characterization
What means the arrangement or sequence of events within a story?
Plot
What means an obstacle struggle or controversy that the protagonist must resolve to overcome?
Conflict
What is a conflict in which the protagonist has a problem with anther character?
Character vs. character
What is a conflict in which the protagonist must struggle against a harsh environment or natural disaster?
Characters vs. nature
What is a conflict in which the protagonist faces a problem with a part or the whole of society?
Character vs. society
What is a conflict in which the protagonist is at odds with an internal problem such as fear shyness or or guilt?
Characters vs. self
What is a conflict in which the protagonist struggles with a force that seem beyond the characters control?
Character vs. fate
What means in fiction the plot normally begins with expositions?
Exposition
What means the use of clues early in a story to give hints about events that will happen later
Foreshadowing
What means a series events and conflict involving the story’s character that leads to the climax?
Rising actions
What means the turning action of a story?
Climax
What is the action that follows the climax and leads to the resolution?
Falling action
What means the conclusion of the story?
Resolution
What means an unexpected twist in the resolution of the story?
Situational irony
What means the ideas or idea the weave the character and setting also events together? Life message to the reader?
Theme
What means a second story within the main plot of a story?
Subplot
