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Protagonist |
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel or other fictional text |
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Antagonist |
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary |
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Exposition |
A literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers. |
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Rising Action |
The period in a story after the introduction that builds to the climax |
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Climax |
The most intense, exciting, or important point of something |
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Falling action |
Occurs right after the climax, when the main problem of the story resolves. |
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Resolution |
The part of the story’s plot where the main problem is resolved or worked out |
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Conflict |
The challenge main characters need to solve to achieve their goals |
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Point of View |
The mode of narration that an author employs to let the readers “hear “and “see “ what takes place in a story, poem or essay |
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1st person point of view |
Use first person pronouns to identify the speaker/narrator; limited in that the audience only experiences what the speaker/himself experiences. |
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Limited 3rd person point of view |
The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character |
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Omniscient point of view |
The narrator has knowledge about all the characters in a narrative. |
