Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
19 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
PLOT
|
The natural events in a story. |
|
SETTING |
The time and place a story is written.
|
|
INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
|
Development of a character through words, actions, thoughts, or those words actions and thoughts of another character.
|
|
DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
|
The author introduces the character by describing the character's personality in detail |
|
IRONY |
When the unexpected happen. A surprise
|
|
RESOLUTION |
The part of the plot where story is concluded and all loose ends are tied up.
|
|
THEME
|
The lesson abiut life the author wants the reader to learn.
|
|
FORESHADOWING
|
Hints an author gives about things that may happen in the story. |
|
FLASHBACK
|
An interruption of the events in a plot to remember the past.
|
|
CLIMAX
|
The part of the plot where the character's problem is solved.
|
|
MOOD |
The feelings the vocabulary used conveys to the reader.
|
|
TONE
|
The writer's attitude toward his/her subject. |
|
PROTAGONIST |
The main character in a story is called a protagonist. |
|
ANTAGONIST
|
The person(s) opposing the protagonist is called the antagonist.
|
|
INTERNAL CONFLICT |
The protagonist in the story experiences conflict with her or his conscience.
|
|
EXTERNAL CONFLICT
|
Is when the character experiences conflict with other characters, society, or nature.
|
|
EXPOSITION
|
The exposition is the portion of a story that introduces important background information to the audience. |
|
RISING ACTION
|
The rising action is the series of events that begin immediately after the exposition of the story and builds upto the climax.
|
|
FALLING ACTION
|
Falling action refers to the part of a story that comes immediately after the climax and before the conclusion.
|