Fiction Vocab Flashcards
(25 cards)
What is Mood?
The atmosphere or feeling of a literary work. The setting can contribute to establishing the mood of a story
What is Setting?
The time and place in which a story takes place
What is Characters?
The individuals whose thoughts and actions make up the story. The actions of the chair trod make up the events in the story
What is Protagonist?
The central, focal figure in a work or fiction
What is Antagonist?
A character or force that works against the protagonist, creating obstacles. A story can have more than one
What is a Round characters?
Characters that are fully developed with both positive qualities and flaws.
What is Dynamic characters?
Characters that undergo any change over the course of the story as a result of experience.
What is Static characters?
Characters that do not undergo any change from the story’s inception to its conclusion.
What is Flat characters?
Characters that are stereotype and one - dimensional
What is Characterization?
Methods used by an author to develop a character
What is Plot?
The arrangement, or sequence,of events within a story
What is Conflict?
An obstacle, struggle or controversy that the protagonist must resolve or overcome
What is Character vs character?
A conflict in witch the protagonist has a problem with another character
What is Character vs nature?
A conflict in which the protagonist must struggle against a harsh environment or natural disaster
What is Character vs society?
A conflict in which the protagonist faces a problem with a part or the whole of society
What is Character vs self?
A conflict in which the protagonist is at odds with an internal problem, such as fear, shyness, or guilt
What is Character vs fate?
A conflict in which the protagonist struggles with a force that seems beyond the characters controls
What is the subplot?
A second story within the main plot of a story
What is the exposition?
In fiction, the plot normally begins with exposition. Characters are introduced and background information is provided to better understand the events or the story
What is foreshadowing?
The use of clues early in a story to give hints about events that will happen later
What is the rising action?
A serious of events and conflict involving the story’s characters that leads to the climax
What is the falling action?
It is he action that follows the climax and leads to the resolution
What is the resolution?
The conclusion of the story.
What is a situational irony?
An unexpected twist in the resolution of a story
