Freytag's Pyramid/ Plot Structure
The turning point of the story.
What is climax?
Narrated by a character in a story.
What is first person narration?
Visually descriptive or figurative language. Creates a visual imagination of the scenarios or things being described.
What is imagery?
The main character/ the action and plot follows them
What is protagonist?
One way the author can speed up the plot.
What is shorter sentences/ facts/ short dialogue/ sensory details?
The plot stage that reveals the final outcome.
What is resolution?
The narrator can reveal anything about anyone in a story.
What is third person omniscient?
A question that is not meant to be answered.
What is rhetorical question?
The character who gets in the way of the protagonist.
What is antagonist?
One way the author can slow down the plot.
What is longer sentences/ descriptive details/ more dialogue/ flashbacks/ flash forwards?
The plot stage that eases the suspense and shows the outcome of the story's climax.
What is Falling Action?
The narrator only reveals what one character sees and thinks.
What is Third Person Limited?
Words and phrases that give a strong emotional response from the reader.
Loaded Language
A character who remains the same throughout the story (doesn't change)
What is static character?
One type of time manipulation.
What is flashback OR flashforward?
One way the author builds suspense in the rising action.
What is pacing/ foreshadowing/ time manipulation?
The author has freedom to reveal any information at any time.
What is third person omniscient?
An indirect reference to an event, person, place, or thing.
What is allusion?
Character that has an internal change throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character?
FATPK stands for...
What is format, audience, topic, purpose, key words?
The author reveals three things in the exposition.
This POV is bias.
What is first person?
2 opposing words intended to create emphasis of their differences.
What is oxymoron? (I'll take juxtaposition)
Fully developed character, you know their thought and feelings.
What is round character?
The main difference between internal conflict and external conflict.
Internal conflict is a struggle within the characters mind. External conflict is a clash between a character and an outside force.