the main event, the turning point, or highest point of tension in the story
What is Climax?
100
A visual technique that floods the scene with light, creating a bright and open mood.
What is high key lighting?
100
A visual technique that floods the scene with shadows and darkness, creating suspense and suspicion.
What is low key lighting?
100
leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
What is the protagonist?
100
conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
200
In film the shot taken from the character's point of view, as though the camera lens is the character's eyes.
What is subjective point of view?
200
the overall emotional quality of a work, which is created by the author's language and tone and the subject matter
What is Mood?
200
events that set the context for the story: the setting, characters, and central conflict are introduced.
What is exposition?
200
events that develop the plot and lead to the climax
What is rising action?
200
a character tells the story from his or her own perspective
What is first person point of view?
300
A visual technique where the image being shot is a part of a whole, such as an eye or a hand.
What is extreme close-up shot?
300
is a long narrative about the deeds of heroes or gods
What is an Epic?
300
a struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
300
conflict is completely resolved and the lesson has been learned
What is Resolution?
300
the events that lead to the resolution
What is falling action?
400
In film the shot taken from a neutral point of view, as though the camera lens is an outside, objective witness to the events as they unfold.
What is objective point of view?
400
descriptive or figurative language in a literary work used to create word pictures in a reader's mind
What is imagery?
400
circumstances or facts that surround a particular event or situation. Information that helps you understand the time and place in which the story takes place
What is Context ?
400
is the sequence of related events that make up a story
What is plot?
400
words that describe a character, a setting, an event, etc.
What are details?
500
call to adventure, refusal of the call, and beginning of the adventure
What is Departure Stage of the Hero's Journey ?
500
the road of trials, the experience with unconditional love, and the ultimate boon
What is Initiation Stage of the Hero's Journey?
500
the amount of time a writer gives to describing each event and developing each stage in the plot
What is pacing?
500
refusal of the return, the magic flight, rescue from without, and the crossing or return threshold