Elements of Plot
The main events of a play, novel, movie or similar work
What is plot?
The main character in the text
The time and geographic location withing a narrative
What is setting?
The person who recounts the events of the novel or text
What is a narrator?
The most commonly used letter in English
What is the letter 'E?'
The name of the text's most major point of conflict and tension?
What is climax?
The character in the text that opposes the main character
What is antagonist?
A warning or indication of an event that will occur later in the text
What is foreshadowing?
A narrator style that uses 'I,' 'me,' or 'mine'
What is first person narration?
This playwright invented the following words: birthplace, blushing, undress and torture
Who is William Shakespeare?
He added over 1,700 words to the English language during his lifetime.
The name of the action that takes place at the beginning of the text, when characters and setting are introduced
What is exposition?
A character who does not change or develop throughout the text
An object or person that represents something greater than its physical self in the text
What is a symbol?
A narrator who is suspected of not telling the most accurate version of the story
What is an unreliable/untrustworthy narrator?
The longest word in the English Language
What is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
This is a type of lung disease caused by inhaling ash and dust.
The name of the action that occurs after the text's most major conflict, but before the text's resolution
What is denouement/falling action?
A character who changes and develops throughout the course of the text
What is a dynamic character?
A scene in the text where the character recollects a previous event that has occurred
What is analepsis/flashback?
A narrator who lives outside the story while telling it and uses the pronouns 'he,' 'she,' and 'they' to tell the events of the story
What is third person narration?
The first novel in English Literature
What is Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe?
Written in 1719.
The name of the action that occurs before the novel actually begins
What is antecedent action?
A character that has a deep and layered personality that makes them interesting
What is a round character?
The opposite of a round character is known as a flat character.
A reference to another novel, movie, poem, play or other significant literary work
What is allusion?
A narrator who is all-seeing and knows all the thoughts and actions of every character in the novel
What is an omniscient narrator?
The 27th character of the alphabet
What is the ampersand?
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