Person, animal, or any other thing with a personality that appears in a story
What is a character
100
The arrangement of the events in a story, including the sequence in which they are told.
What is Plot
100
A style in which the narrator reports neutrally on the outward behavior of the characters but offers no interpretation if their actions of their inner states
What is Objective narration
100
Events are arranged in the sequence in which they occur.
What is Chronological plot
100
Expressions that stretch words beyond their literal meanings.
What is figures of speech
200
A common character type that recurs throughout literature
What is a stock character
200
The central struggle that moves the plot forward.
What is Conflict
200
The perspective that a narrative takes toward the events it describes
What is Point of Veiw
200
Events are not arranged in the sequence in which they occur
What is Achronological plot
200
The repitition of similar sounds,usually consonants, at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration
300
A character who illuminates the qualities of another character by means of contrast.
What is foil
300
The early part of the narrative, which builds momentum and develops the narratives major conflict
What is Rising action
300
The narrator is revealed over time to be untrustworthy source of information.
What is Unreliable narration
300
All the action foucuses toward a single climax
What is Climatic plot
300
A breaking off of speech usually because of rising emotion of excitment
What is Aposiopesis
400
The main character around whom the stroy revolves.
What is the Protagonist
400
The moment at the highest tension, at which the conflict comes to head
What is Climax
400
A narrative in which the narrator tells the story from his/her own point of veiw and refers to him/herself as "I"
What is first person narration
400
A series of loosley connected events
What is Episodic plot
400
A direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea
What is apostrophe
500
The primary character or entity that acts to frustrate the protagonist
What is the Antagonist
500
An ending that satisfactorily answers all the questions raised over the course of the plot
What is Resolution
500
The narrator conveys a subjects thoughts, impressions, and perceptions exactly as the occur, often in a disjointed fashion and without the logic and grammer of typical speech and writing
What is a Stream-of-consciousness narration
500
A secondary plot that is of less importance of the overall story but may serve as a pont of contrast of comparison to the main plot
What is Subplot
500
An Adjective or phrase that describes a prominent feature of a person or thing