Narrative Arc
It is the part of a story where the most exciting, intense, and usually most important thing happens.
Climax
The main character in a fiction story that has conflict with the “hero”. It does not always have to be a person, it can be a thing or a situation.
Antagonist
“ a narrative technique in which characters represent things or abstract concepts to convey a message or to teach a lesson.”
Allegory
A story about people and events that are not real
Fiction
The first stage of a plot where background information is necessary.
Exposition
A character that is not complicated and the reader does not know very many traits about them.
Flat Character
a series of words in a sentence all beginning with the same sound.
Alliteration
a secondary plot in fiction that will coexist with the main plot
Subplot
The set of of conflicts that lead up climax.
Rising action
Opposite of a flat character. This character is complex, dynamic, and the reader knows a lot about them.
Round Character
an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its dictionary definition; an implication that goes beyond the actual meaning of a word.
Connotation
the point in the plot at which the action turns in an unexpected direction; usually involves the protagonist.
Reversal
The action in a story that occurs after the climax, thus moving it toward its resolution.
Falling action
A character in a story whose purpose is to bring out certain characteristics in either the main character or in other characters
Foil
When a reader knows something is happening, but the character does not.
Dramatic Irony
a narration intended to enforce a useful truth. Fables frequently involve animals that speak and act like human beings
Fable (coordinate 2= 58)
The outcome of a plot; the resolution or final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work.
Dénouement
A protagonist whose story comes to an unhappy end due to his or her own behavior and character flaws
Tragic Hero/Tragic Figure
words that imitate, sound like, or evoke their own meaning
Onomatopeia
the choice of words, especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness, in a literary work.
Diction