Vocab Flashcards
What is the atmosphere or feeling of a literary work. The setting can contribute to establishing the mood of a story?
Mood
What is the time and place in which a story takes place?
Setting
What means individuals whose thoughts and actions make up a story. The actions of the characters make up the events of the story?
Characters
What means central focal figure in a work of fictions?
Protagonist
What is a character or force that works against the protagonist, creating obstacles. A story can have more than one antagonist?
Antagonist
What are characters that are fully developed which both positive qualities and flaws. Most protagonists are round characters?
Round characters
What are characters that undergo change over the course of a story as a result of their experience. Most protagonists are dynamic?
Dynamic characters
Who are characters that do not undergo any change from the story’s inception to its conclusions?
Static characters
Who are characters that are stereotypical and one-dimensionalw? They are simple with limited personality traits?
Flat characters
What are methods used by an author to develop a character. Characterization can be direct in that the author clearly states what the characters look like, say and do. With indirect characterization, the author reveals a character by showing something about him or her?
Characterization
What is an arrangement, or sequence, of events within a story?
Plot
What is 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 another character?
Character vs. character
What is a conflict in which the protagonist must struggle against a harsh environment or natural disaster?
Character 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 guilt?
Character vs. self
What is a conflict in which the protagonist struggles with a force that seems beyond the characters control?
Character vs. fate
What is a second story within the main plot of a story?
Subplot
What word means in fiction, the plot normally begins with exposition?
Exposition
What means the use of clues early in a story to give hints about events that will happen later?
Foreshadowing
What is a series of events and conflict involving the story’s characters that leads to the climax?
Rising action
What means the turning point of a story. It is when the conflict is most intense either internally or in action?
Climax
What is also referred to as denouement, it is the action that follows the climax and leads to the resolution?
Falling action
What is the conclusion of the story, it is when the conflict is finally resolved?
Resolution
