Freytag's Pyramid
This part of Freytag's Pyramid indicates that the problems in the story are getting worse, creating more and more tension.
Rising Action
This is the literary term for the main character in a story.
Protagonist
When writing a one-paragraph summary, your first sentence should have this, which includes giving the author and title of the text.
Attribution
If the major problem of the story is the freezing cold, like in To Build a Fire...
Character vs Nature
"Mystery" and "Adventure" are both examples of this, another word for "category."
Genre
This part of Freytag's Pyramid indicates that the main problem of the story has been introduced.
Inciting Incident
This is the literary term for the character who causes problems for the protagonist.
Antagonist
When comparing two or more texts, a type of graphic organizer with overlapping circles is often used.
Venn Diagram
If the major problem of the story is navigating a new city, with its own language and customs, like in The Arrival...
Character vs Society
In mystery novels, this is something that feels like a clue but is actually a distraction.
Red Herring
The first and last parts of Freytag's Pyramid are...
the Introduction and the Conclusion
This is the term for the moral, message, or lesson of a story.
Theme
When summarizing a text, it is usually correct to provide the order of events in this way.
Chronologically
If the main problem in the story is your Great Uncle who is rich and a little loony, like in The Westing Game...
Character vs Character
Regarding the adventure/survival novels you read this year, examples of this term would be interacting with animals, needing to build shelter and/or fire, and trying to find food.
Genre Tropes
This part of Freytag's Pyramid indicates that the problems in the story have been or are being worked out, and that tension is lessening.
Falling Action
To be an active reader, it's important do this, which includes writing down your thoughts on the text, underlining and highlighting, and even drawing pictures.
Annotating
When writing a summary, you only include what happens in the next and not...
your own thoughts, feelings, or opinions.
If the main problem in the story is chasing after the ghost of your friend with the help of Death Himself, like in The Halloween Tree...
Character vs Supernatural
This term refers to the reason a character does something and is especially used in mystery novels.
Motive
This part of Freytag's Pyramid indicates that the story is at its highest point of tension.
Climax
This is the definition of "setting."
Where and when a story takes place
This is the definition of "analyzing."
Studying the parts of something to better understand the whole thing.
Of the seven types of literary conflicts in your notes, these are the three left...
Character vs Self
Character vs Technology
Character vs Fate / Gods / Universe
Examples of this literary term can be found in To Build a Fire -- "It did not lead him to consider his weaknesses as a creature affected by temperature," as well as The Westing Game -- "The sun sets in the west, but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!" -- because both excerpts hint at what is to come later in the story.
Foreshadowing