It is an introduction to the what, when, where, and who of the story (the beginning)
What is the "exposition"?
100
It is the main character of the story
What is a "protagonist"?
100
It is the time and place in which the story takes place.
What is the setting?
100
is usually participant, witness, main character, and may be self-conscious, reliable, or fallible/unreliable.
What is a "1st person narrative"?
100
It is what we study, when we analyze the series of events in a narrative or play and it is composed of beginning (instability, conflict), middle (readjustment of forces), and end (stability)
What is the "structure of the plot"?
200
It is usually the problem to be solved, the question to be answered or the goal to be reached in the story.
What is the "complication"? Usually, it is the first crisis or conflict in the story.
200
This character or force goes against the protagonist
What is an "antagonist"?
200
It is when an animal or an abstract idea is given human qualities.
What is "personification"?
200
There is a “willing suspension of disbelief” and can be an omniscient, intrusive, impersonal narrator, or single character focus/limited
What is a "3rd person narrator/narrative"?
200
It is what we study, when we analyze the perspective from which the story is told.
What is "point of view"?
300
It enworsens the complication and makes the tension rise.
What is the "crisis"? (Normally, there are several "crises" in a story)
300
This is what we call a character that develops
What is "dynamic"?
300
It is when one object should be like another object, so the one acquires the characteristics of the other.
What is "simile"?
300
Name the 4 types of conflicts (not a jeopardy question)
a) Conflict within one character
b) Between character and society
c) Between two characters
d) Combination between some of the above
300
It can be realistic, romantic, surreal, formal, colloquial, dramatic (showing), narrative (telling).
What is the "language/style/tone"?
400
Is the ending of the story. It is what takes place after the climax. Not all stories have it.
What is the denoument or resolution?
400
A character that does not develop/change.
What is "static"?
400
This is used to intensify the action throughout the story
What is "dramatic escalation"?
400
It is a conflict involving more than one chara
Hvad er Twilight?
400
It is what we make, when we describe the persons in the story.
What is a "character sketch"?
500
It is the point of highest tension of the story. At this point the question is answered, the problem is solved (or not), or the goal reached (or not)
What is the "climax"?
500
It is the element that reveals the characters through their dialogue, action and motivation.
What is "attitude"?
500
It is figurative language that alludes to other images and/or makes reference to other body of knowledge
What is "allusion"?
500
This is what we call the system in which we categorize the forces in opposition presented in a story.
What is a "binary system"?
500
This is what we analyze, when look for the abstract ideas that are presented in a text.