Chapter 2 Flashcards
What is the type of extended prose fiction characterized by its complex characters, elaborate plots and subplots, intricate themes, and developed settings?
Novel
Who wrote “Where My Books Go”?
William Butler Yates
What two literary devices does William Butler Yates use in his poem?
Repetition and metaphor
What are the themes of the poem “Where My Books Go”?
The communication of words, the influence of words, determination
What are those who carry out the action of a story?
Characters
What directly states who the character is or what the character is like through a narration?
Direct exposition
What leads the Raiders to draw their own conclusions about the characters’ personalities, thoughts, dialogue, and actions?
Indirect revelation
What are characters that stay relatively the same throughout a story?
Static characters
What are characters who change in some way and are different at the story’s end?
Dynamic characters
What are characters who lack depth and often resemble stereotypes?
Flat characters
What are characters who have much more depth and more closely resemble real people?
Round characters
What is the struggle between opposing characters or forces within a story?
Conflict
What type of conflict is seen in man versus self?
Internal conflict
What type of conflict is seen in man versus man or man versus nature?
External conflict
What is the central character whose actions are primarily followed throughout the plot?
Protagonist
What stands is an opposing character who is in conflict with the protagonist?
Antagonist
What is the series of events in a story that communicates an overall message?
Plot
What is the most common and foundational plot structure used in both novels and plates?
Dramatic structure
What works as an introduction to provide background information that will aid the understanding of the plot?
Exposition
What follows the exposition and begins with the inciting force?
Rising action
What is an event which threw some force, whether it be another character or some other factor, thrusts the protagonist into the conflict?
Inciting force
What is a change or turning point in the story?
Climax
What brings the primary resolution to the conflict of the story?
Falling action
What follows the falling action and brings the story to its conclusion?
denouement