Plots And Roles Words 1 Flashcards
Forshadowing
The arrangement and presentation of events and information in such a way that prepare for later events in a work
Foil
Character who provides a contrast to another character
Frame
A narrative constructed so that one or more stories are embedded within another story
Hero/ heroine
Main character who has strength of moral character
Hubris
The pride or overconfidence which often leads a hero to his downfall
In medias res
The story starts in the middle
Local color
The descriptions of the setting, people, and dialect, etc., of a particular region
Narrator
Speaker or persona, the one who tells a story
Reliable narrator
Everything this narrator says is true, and the narrator knows everything that is necessary to the story
Plot
The structure of a story or the sequence in which the author arranges events
Point of view
The narrators or speakers perspective from which story is told.
Protagonist
The main character in the story
Symbolism
Anything that stands for or represents something else
