Plot Chart
The beginning of a story through the introduction of characters, setting, and background.
What is exposition?
A man wants a doughnut from Walmart but the store is closed and there's a blizzard outside :(
What is external conflict?
An element in a story that represents another idea or concept.
What is a symbol/symbolism?
The amount of plays that Shakespeare wrote.
What is 37?
Generic tropes/stock characters that characters generally follow
What is an archetype?
The time and place in which a story takes place
A man is struggling between choosing two potential love interests.
What is internal conflict?
Figures of speech used in conversation to make a topic more effective, persuasive, and impactful
What is figurative language?
Where Shakespeare was from.
What is Britain?
A character that is always the protagonist (though the protagonist is not always an example of this)
What is the hero archetype?
People, animals or things that contribute to the flow of a story
What are characters?
The character that the story centers around. Not always a character that you root for, but traditionally is.
What is a protagonist?
In the middle of the action
What is en medias res?
What is the Globe?
A character that guides and teaches the hero important life lessons.
What is the mentor archetype?
Examples include Romeo being invited to the Capulet Party
What is rising action?
Character that is in conflict with the protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
A poem with fourteen lines-- three quatrains and one couplet.
What is a sonnet?
Who was Queen Elizabeth?
A character that is often a woman or a child, used to demonstrate good amongst evil. (e.g. Simon from LOTF)
What is the innocent archetype?
Mercutio's death is an example of this
What is climax?
What is a flat character?
A sentence, typically found in poetry with ten syllables consisting of five sets of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. (e.g. "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks")
What is iambic pentameter?
Theatre was criticized because of this.
What is vulgarity, immaturity, and political/secular jokes?
A character meant to be the opposite of the hero, used to highlight the good in the hero. (e.g. Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter)
What is the foil archetype?