Elements Of Fiction Flashcards
(28 cards)
Main character
The focus character in a story
Minor character
The less important character in a story
Dynamic character
A character that changed significantly
static character
a character who changes little or not at all
Protagonist
The main character in the story who is involved in the conflict
Antagonist
The force working against the main character
characterization
the ways a writer creates and develops a character
direct characterization
when the author directly tells the reader about the personality of the character
Indirect characterization
when the author shows things that reveal the personality of the character
Methods of characterization
looks, actions, speech, thoughts/feelings, viewed by others
Conflict
a struggle between two opposing forces
Internal conflict
a struggle within a character (man vs. himself)
External conflict
when a character struggles against some outside person or force (man vs. nature, man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. fate)
Tone
the writers attitude towards the audience and the subject of the piece of literature
Plot
The sequence of events that make up a story
introduction
Introduces the setting, character, and conflict of a story
rising action
The plot gets more complicated; leads up to climax
Climax
the point of highest interest or suspense of a story, the turning point of a story
Resolution
the loose ends are tired up and the story comes to a close
Point of view
the perspective from which the story is told
first person point of view
when the narrator is the character in a story
third person point of view
When the narrator is not the character in the story
Third person omniscient point of view
When the third person narrator tells what any character sees, thinks, or feels
third person limited point of view
when the third person narrator tells only what one character sees, thinks, and feels
