You're such a character!
A character or a group of characters in conflict to the protagonist or the main character.
What is the antagonist?
the map of a story/book that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, & resolution.
What is plotline?
A struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
This type of point of view presents the feelings and thoughts of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters
What is third person limited point of view?
A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
What is exposition?
Main character in a play or story
What is the protagonist?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
the struggle occurring within a character's mind.
What is internal conflict?
This type of point of view presents the feelings and thoughts of only one character, presenting only the actions of all remaining characters
What is third person point of view?
The story begins to draw to a close; occurs after the climax and almost resolves the conflict
What is falling action?
Secondary characters who help or try to hinder the protagonist.
What are secondary characters?
A main idea, message about life or nature, or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is theme?
A character struggles against some outside force: another character, society as a whole, or some natural force
What is external conflict?
Narrator tells story from his/her point of view and refers to him/herself as "I" and uses words such as "my", "we", or "our". This narrator may be an active character or observer.
What is first person point of view?
A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.
What is rising action?
a literary or dramatic character who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude
What is a dynamic character?
The general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which the action of a fictional or dramatic work occurs
What is the setting?
A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.
The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly.
What is second person point of view?
The end of the exposition. Sets the rest of the story in motion. The one incident in the story without which there would be no story.
What is inciting incident?
a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.
What is a static character?
Conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
What is the resolution?
The narrator speaks in the third person and can know and explain anything that happens in the story and what any character in it knows, thinks, feels, and experiences.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.
What is climax?