What is the main character whose story is central to the plot?
Protagonist
100
What is the type of narration in which the person telling the story is outside the story but only knows the thoughts of one character?
3rd person limited
100
What is a formal division of lines in a poem, considered as a unit?
Stanza
100
What is a short speech in which a character “talks under his breath” to reveal his thoughts?
Aside
100
What is the tying up of loose ends and all of the threads in the story. The conclusion. The hero character either emerges triumphant or is defeated at this point?
Resolution/Denouement
200
What is the central lesson or insight about life?
Theme
200
What is the type of narration in which the person telling the story is outside the story and knows all?
3rd person omniscient
200
What is a narrative poem about the deeds of gods and heroes?
Epic
200
What is a long speech by one character in a play while others are present?
Monologue
200
What is the turning point of the story. A crucial event takes place and from this point forward, the protagonist moves toward his inevitable end. The event may be either an action or a mental decision that the protagonist makes?
Climax
300
What is the time and place of action?
Setting
300
What is the type of narration in which the person telling the story is a character in the story?
1st person
300
What is a fourteen line lyric poem?
Sonnet
300
What is a line of poetry made up of five unstressed syllables, each flowed by a stressed syllable?
Iambic pentameter
300
What is the device that introduces the major conflict of the story?
Inciting Incident
400
Who is the character who causes conflict for the protagonist?
Antagonist
400
What is a conversation between characters?
Dialogue
400
What is the repetition of vowel sounds?
Assonance
400
What is a work of literature that results in catastrophe for the main character?
Tragedy
400
What is the mood and conditions existing at the beginning of the story. The setting is identified. The main characters with their positions, circumstances and relationships to one another are established?
Exposition
500
What is a struggle between opposing forces?
Conflict
500
What is a character who stays the same?
A static character
500
What is the repetition of consonant sounds?
Consonance
500
What is a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on the stage?
Soliloquy
500
What are the events occurring from the time of the climax to the end of the story. The main character may encounter more conflicts in this part of the story, but the end is inevitable?