the driver of the story pursuing a goal; the main character
Protagonist
When the character is battling against another character.
Character vs. Character
When someone says something but they mean the opposite
Verbal Irony
The beginning of story where characters and setting are introduced.
Exposition
where the story takes place; time + place
Setting
the principal opponent of the main character
antagonist
When the character is battling against animals or weather.
Character vs. Nature
When the opposite of what’s expected happens
Situational Learning
Where the main character faces a series of conflicts
Rising Action
A description of a character that is clearly told in the story.
Direct Characterization
When a character is battling against their inner feelings or their perspective of the world.
Character vs. Self
When the audience knows something the characters don’t
Dramatic Irony
The most exciting or emotional part of the story
A character trait that the audience infers from the story.
Indirect Characterization
When a character faces a prophesy or something "meant to be"
Character vs. Fate
What type of irony is this: Reaching down to pick up your belt but picking up a snake instead
Situational Irony
Events leading to the end of the story
Falling action
Explain who the protagonist and antagonist were in "The Wife's Story"
Protagonist - The wife
Antagonist - The husband
Explain what the conflict was in "Story of an Hour"
Character vs. Self
What type of irony is this: The audience can see the ghost behind the person in the haunted house but the person doesn’t realize they’re about to be spooked.
Dramatic Irony
The end of the story
Resolution