What is the term used to describe the main character?
100
climax
What is the emotionally charged high point of the story
100
conflict
What is drama between two opposing forces in a piece of literature?
100
first person
What is the point of view that uses the words "I", "we", and "our"?
100
setting
What is the time, place and context in which the story is told?
200
round
What is a character that is well developed? The reader knows a lot about him or her.
200
resolution
What is the final outcome?
200
character vs. self
What is a conflict within a character? Example: Mathilde Loisel is always struggling with discontentment.
200
third person
What is the point of view of the narrator that uses pronouns "he" and "she", or the name of the character? This narrator knows about one of the characters.
200
theme
What is the abstract concept that is portrayed in the story? example: In "The Necklace" one of the themes is that you should be honest.
300
antagonist
What is a character or a force that works against the main character?
300
falling action
What happens immediately after the major conflict is resolved? What happens after the climax?
300
character vs. character
What do you call a conflict between two characters like Huck Finn and and his father, Pap.
300
third person omniscient
What is the point of view where the narrator seems be all knowing?
300
symbol
What is a character, an action, or an object representing something else in a story?
400
dynamic
What is a character that changes by the story's end as a result of the story's action?
400
exposition
What is the part of the story that introduces the characters, conflict and setting?
400
character vs. nature
What is the conflict in "The Hatchet" for the character called Brian?
400
second person
What is the point of you that uses pronouns such as "you."
400
flat character
What is a character that is a stereotype? This character is described by one or two traits.
500
static
What is a character that does not grow or change throughout the story? Their personality stays the same from beginning to end.
500
rising action
What occurs as complications or twists in the conflict arise?
500
character vs. supernatural
What is the conflict in Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the story of Jonah and the Whale?
500
point of view
What is the place or perspective from which the voice is speaking?
500
situational irony
What is the literary term that describes an outcome in a story that is totally unexpected?