Conflict
Plot 1
Plot 2
Character 1
Character 2
100
Person v. self
What is conflict within a single character?
100
What is the turning point in the conflict?
Climax
100
The conflict becomes resolved and a revelation revealed.
What is the resolution?
100
protagonist
What is the central character of a story?
100
a character who changes little over the course of the text
What is a static character?
200
Person v. Nature
What is the conflict between the main character(s) and nature?
200
The unraveling of the conflict as set up by the inciting incident.
What is the Falling Action?
200
An abstract idea about the main idea/subject which can be expressed in one or two words.
What is the thematic idea?
200
the author reveals the traits of a character through dialogue, actions, and thoughts in order for the reader to draw conclusions about him/her
What is indirect characterization?
200
A character with a single important trait.
What is a flat character?
300
A struggle that take place within the protagonist's mind to reach some new understanding or decision
What is internal conflict?
300
A series of events leading up to the climax which complicates the conflict.
What is the Rising Action?
300
A scene that interrupts the action of a story to show a previous event.
What is flashback?
300
the adversary of the central character
What is the antagonist?
300
A three dimensional character which the reader is given enough information to understand his/her motivations
What is a round character?
400
Person v. society
What is a person fighting against a group of people?
400
Exposition
What is the introduction to the story which includes the setting, the main characters, and the situation as it exists before the conflict begins?
400
The use of hints or clues which suggest future action.
What is foreshadow?
400
Direct characterization
What is the when the author directly states the character's traits?
400
A character who changes in response to a specific experience in the story
What is dynamic?
500
A struggle occurring outside the mind of a character; a struggle against another character or outside force
What is external conflict?
500
The conflict is introduced.
What is the inciting incident?
500
The quality of a story that makes the audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events.
What is suspense?
500
a reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or behavior
What is motivation?
500
A character who is universally recognizable (the wise mentor, a damsel in distress, the evil villain who wants to rule the world...)
What is an archetype?
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