Definitions
The character who saves the day.
What is a hero?
-tagonist: Moana
What is PROtagonist?
Salem, Massachusetts, Mid-1600s
What is the setting?
-tagonist: Cruella De Vil
What is ANtagonist?
The speaker of the story
Who is a narrator?
A character who is vital to the plot development or conflict resolution.
What is a major character?
Conflict: A girl battles with her self-esteem.
What is a topic?
Development: Chillingworth
What is static?
A stereotypical character.
What is a stock character?
The moment where a character achieves realization or awareness
What is an epiphany?
Complexity: Hester Prynne
What is round?
In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence to Romeo.
Who is a confidant?
POV: "In my younger and more vulnerable years, my father gave me some advice that I've been thinking about ever since"
What is first person?
An interruption in the story to describe an event that came before
What is a flashback?
A moment of heightened uncertainty in a story.
What is suspense?
Complexity: Pearl
What is flat?
Shame and humiliation causes people to retreat within themselves and cripples any real chance of growth.
What is a theme?
Conflict: A student's WiFi goes out before her essay is finished.
What is external?
An intensification of the conflict to develop the conflict or plot
What is a complication?
A hint as to what will happen in the story
What is foreshadowing?
POV: "Sally walked over to George and hit him with her book. 'I can't believe you cheated on me!' she screamed"
What is third objective?
In Romeo and Juliet, the nurse and Lady Capulet to each other.
Who are foils?
Characterization: "The girl spends all of her free time reading and studying"
What is indirect?
The turning point and point of greatest tension in a work
What is the climax?