Characters Chronicles
This character, often the source of conflict, opposes the protagonist.
What is antagonist?
The turning point of a story.
What is climax?
The time and place where the story occurs.
What is setting?
The perspective from which the story is told.
What is point of view?
The moment when all of the loose ends are tied up and all of the questions answered.
What is resolution?
The main character we root for.
What is protagonist?
The results or effects of the climax.
What is falling action?
The background information given at the beginning.
What is exposition?
Direct speech between characters.
What is dialogue?
A type or category in which a literary work belongs
What is genre?
The way an author develops the personalities of characters.
What is characterization?
These are the "first hurdles" in the literary work.
What is rising action?
Returning to an earlier time to clarify meaning.
What is flashback?
The author's attitude towards the subject or events.
What is tone?
A recurring feature of a work that develops its theme.
What is motif?
A recurring feature of a work that develops its theme.
What is motif?
The sequence of events in a work of literature.
What is plot?
Description evoking the use of the five senses.
What is imagery?
Hinting at what is to come.
What is foreshadowing?
The emotional atmosphere of a piece – how the reader “feels”.
What is mood?
An object, person, or place used to represent something else.
What is symbolism?
When something unexpected happens or is said.
What is irony?
The emotional atmosphere of a piece – how the reader “feels”.
What is mood?
This character, often the source of conflict, opposes the protagonist.
What is antagonist?
When something unexpected happens or is said.
What is irony?