Narrative terms Flashcards
(20 cards)
Characters
People, Animals or imaginary creatures that take part in the story
Main characters
Character that the story centers around
Antagonist
Forse that works against the hero of the story, often a villan type, (Iago, Sykess, homer Barron)
Protagonist
Main character in the story, orfen good or heroic
Minor characters
interact with main character and one another
conflict
a problem or struggleInvolving 2 or more opossing source
Setting
time and plce of the action of the story.
Cyprus and venice, florida, Small town
Exposition
…introdu
Part of the story, near the beginning in which the characters are introduced.
background explain and setting described
Plot
Sequence of events in a story, built around a conflict
Rising action
Central part of the story during which various problems arise and suspence build
Climax
The point of greatest interest or suspense in the action of the story, the TURNING POINT
Falling action
Action and dialoge following the climax that led the reader into the story’s end
Resolution
Part of the story in which loose ends are tied up and the action comes to a satisfying end
Theme
The main message in a story; THE LESSON
POINT OF VIEW
the angle from which a story is told.
Narrator
person who tells the story
1 perosn POV
when character in story is the narrator.
USES I, WE.
A ROSE FOR EMILY
2 person POV
NARRATOR directly addesses the reader
USES YOU
3 person POV
has 2
Outside of the story us the narrator
OMNICIENT- DRAMATIC