vocab i must know

Question 1

setting

Answer 1

The time and location in which a story takes place.

Question 2

protagonist

Answer 2

The leading character in a novel.

Question 3

plot

Answer 3

the events exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution in a story.

Question 4

antagonist

Answer 4

The opposing forces that brings conflict to a protagonist.

Question 5

conflict/complications

Answer 5

the struggle between forces that drives the story.

Question 6

exposition

Answer 6

the part of the plot, characters, setting, and basic situation are revealed

Question 7

inciting incident

Answer 7

the event that sets the story in motion, makes the rest of the story possible

Question 8

rising action

Answer 8

main part of the story, moves the plot along, where complications arise

Question 9

climax

Answer 9

the most exciting or intense part of the story for the protagonist, the OMG, usually a turning point

Question 10

falling action

Answer 10

events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution, conflicts begin moving towards resolution

Question 11

resolution

Answer 11

the end of story, loose ends of the plot are tied up, remaining questions are answered conflicts are resolved

Question 12

tone

Answer 12

the authors attitude towards a topic, event, person, etc.

Question 13

mood

Answer 13

the atmosphere of writing. it is the emotions the text gives to the readers.

Question 14

connotation

Answer 14

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Question 15

denotation

Answer 15

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feeling or ideas that the idea suggests