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100

This term refers to the main character

What is protagonist?

100

This term refers to the opening of a narrative work, where the characters and setting are introduced.

What is exposition?

100

This term refers to the events leading to the resolution of the narrative.

What is falling action?

100

This term refers to a narrative that has fewer characters, events, themes, and words than a novel.

What is short story?

100

This term refers to the general concept represented by the main topic + a point or claim about it

What is central idea?

200

This term refers to a character who is courageous and inspiring

What is hero?

200

This term refers to the events leading up to the climax.

What is rising action?

200

This term refers to the point in the story when the audience sees how the characters and situation are left.

What is resolution?

200

This term refers to an author creating a character by  explicitly telling the reader about them. 

What is direct characterization?

200

This term is the special name for the central idea of a literary work

What is theme?

300

This term refers to the person or force acting against the main character

What is antagonist?

300

This term refers to the point of greatest interest, tension, or suspense when the audience discovers how the conflict has turned out.

What is climax?

300

This term refers to a kind of narrative written about the whole life of a person.

What is biography?

300

This term refers to a feeling of high anxiety for the reader.

What is suspense?

300

This term refers to the kind of information that the author tells the reader clearly and directly

What is explicit information?

400

This term refers to a stereotypical character, story line, or theme, one the audience recognizes instantly.

What is archetype?

400

This term is the kickoff to everything in a story.

What is inciting event?

400

This term refers to a kind of narrative where a person writes about their whole life.

What is autobiography?

400

This term refers to constant, reliable person in the  story, one who never changes and never surprises the reader.

What is static character?

400

This term refers to information the reader knows because of the explicit information they have been given

What is implicit information?

500

This character holds a mirror up to another character, highlighting that character's traits by reversing, or contrasting, with them

What is foil?

500

This term refers to the driving force of the narrative, the reason everything happens.

What is conflict?

500

This term refers to a narrative written by a person about some special part of their lives.

What is a memoir?

500

This term refers to a character about whom the reader knows a lot, including that they have some kind of inner conflict

What is complex character?

500

To support a point or claim successfully, this information must be cited clearly and specifically, preferably by quoting the text

What is textual evidence?

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