Who Dat?
This term refers to the main character
What is protagonist?
This term refers to the opening of a narrative work, where the characters and setting are introduced.
What is exposition?
This term refers to the events leading to the resolution of the narrative.
What is falling action?
This term refers to a narrative that has fewer characters, events, themes, and words than a novel.
What is short story?
This term refers to the general concept represented by the main topic + a point or claim about it
What is central idea?
This term refers to a character who is courageous and inspiring
What is hero?
This term refers to the events leading up to the climax.
What is rising action?
This term refers to the point in the story when the audience sees how the characters and situation are left.
What is resolution?
This term refers to an author creating a character by explicitly telling the reader about them.
What is direct characterization?
This term is the special name for the central idea of a literary work
What is theme?
This term refers to the person or force acting against the main character
What is antagonist?
This term refers to the point of greatest interest, tension, or suspense when the audience discovers how the conflict has turned out.
What is climax?
This term refers to a kind of narrative written about the whole life of a person.
What is biography?
This term refers to a feeling of high anxiety for the reader.
What is suspense?
This term refers to the kind of information that the author tells the reader clearly and directly
What is explicit information?
This term refers to a stereotypical character, story line, or theme, one the audience recognizes instantly.
What is archetype?
This term is the kickoff to everything in a story.
What is inciting event?
This term refers to a kind of narrative where a person writes about their whole life.
What is autobiography?
This term refers to constant, reliable person in the story, one who never changes and never surprises the reader.
What is static character?
This term refers to information the reader knows because of the explicit information they have been given
What is implicit information?
This character holds a mirror up to another character, highlighting that character's traits by reversing, or contrasting, with them
What is foil?
This term refers to the driving force of the narrative, the reason everything happens.
What is conflict?
This term refers to a narrative written by a person about some special part of their lives.
What is a memoir?
This term refers to a character about whom the reader knows a lot, including that they have some kind of inner conflict
What is complex character?
To support a point or claim successfully, this information must be cited clearly and specifically, preferably by quoting the text
What is textual evidence?