Conflict II
Conflict
Narrative Vocabulary II
Narrative Vocabulary
Plot Diagrams
100

A Natural disaster

What is individual vs. nature?

100

A conflict between a character and something that is not natural in some way.

What is individual vs. supernatural?

100

The telling of a story or an experience of (an) event(s)

What is a narrative?

100

The time and place a story takes place in.

What is setting?

100

Concluding section that resolves any and all remaining issues of the story.

What is resolution?

200

Protagonist (hero) vs. Antagonist (villain).

What is individual vs. individual?

200

A struggle between a character and larger societal forces.

What is individual vs. society?

200

the way a writer makes a character seem like a real person by describing the character directly or indirectly.

What is characterization?

200

The main character of a story.

What is protagonist?

200

Peak/changing point of the story. Characters face the conflict head-on.

What is climax?

300

Takes place in a person’s mind.

What is individual vs. self?

300

A conflict where an individual faces resistance from a natural force.

What is individual vs nature?

300

What the author shows us about a character

What is indirect characterization?

300

What the author tells us about a character

What is direct characterization?

300

Characters are in a crisis that will lead up to the character facing the main conflict

What is rising action?

400

a conflict between what the character wants and the societal expectations.

What is individual vs. Society?
400

Two characters fight with each other.

What is individual vs individual?

400

a stereotype that occur only once in literature to represent a character, situation, or symbolism

What is archetype?

400

Characters who change over the course of a story.

What are dynamic characters?

400

This is when the story slows down and ties up loose ends

What is falling action?

500

When characters are facing Ghosts, omens, superstitions.

What is individual vs supernatural?

500

The conflict where a character is their own worst enemy.

What is individual vs. Self?

500

The "lifeblood" most important part of story telling?

What is raw authenticity/concrete details?

500

Setting is developed using the five senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. 

What is imagery?

500

Sets up the characters, setting, and conflict for the narrative. 

What is exposition