Freytag's Pyramid
This term refers to how the story resolves
What is the resolution or denouement?
This is an example of this type of 'bad' dialogue:
Sherry: You never listen to me! You're a horrible person!
Shasta: I'm a horrible person?! No, you're a horrible person! I never listen because you never shut up!
Sherry: That's it! I'm leaving! For good this time!
What is melodrama?
This point of view uses the "I" pronoun
What is first-person?
A character that is one-dimensional is referred to as this
What is a flat character?
The 'speaker' in a novel is referred to as this
What is the narrator?
*** DAILY DOUBLE *** This term references the moment that the narrative has been building towards
What is the climax or turning point?
This is an example of this type of 'bad' dialogue:
Shantel: I have feelings for you.
Sam: I have feelings for you, too.
What is on-the-nose?
This point of view often uses "he," "she," or "they" (singular) pronouns
What is 3rd-person?
A character that is complex is referred to as this
What is a round character?
A narrative that ends a chapter or book with uncertainty or unanswered questions utilizes this literary term
What is a cliffhanger?
Everything that happens in a story between the climax and resolution is referred to as this
What is the falling action?
This is an example of this type of 'bad' dialogue:
Seth: Let's go to the market, Sara.
Sara: What should we buy, Seth?
Seth: Market items, of course, Sara.
Sara: Oh, Seth. You always think of everything.
What is wooden dialogue?
This point of view uses the "you" pronoun
What is the 2nd-person?
This character type serves the plot
What is a flat character?
This is an example of this type of conflict:
A teenager struggles with whether or not to tell his younger brother that he accidentally found out that his mom's cancer is back
What is internal conflict?
Everything that happens in a story between the inciting incident and the climax is referred to as this
What is the rising action?
This is an example of this type of 'bad' dialogue:
Smith: As you know, Santiago, my family has owned the business for thirteen years.
Santiago: Yes, I know that.
What is or exposition or as-you-know-Bob?
This literary term refers to the perspective in which the story is told
What is point-of-view?
This character type drives the plot
What is a round character?
This is an example of this type of conflict:
A mother is diagnosed with cancer and her youngest son becomes her primary caregiver which impacts his ability to full participate in his high school experience
What is external conflict?
This term establishes the 'norm' prior to the inciting incident
What is exposition?
This is an example of this type of 'bad' dialogue:
Steve: Oh, Summer, your eyes burn into me like the sun's rays -- your beauty so blinding. Your very essence warms me. I am but a lizard bathing on the smoldering stone of your stare.
What is forced poetry?
*** DAILY DOUBLE *** What POV in writing mirrors 'found footage' in film?
What is 2nd-person?
This character type experiences significant growth throughout the story
What is a round character?
This author wrote the novel The Outsiders?
Who is S.E. Hinton?