RW Flashcards
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freytag’s pyramid
exposition-rising action-climax-falling action- resolution
The storyteller sets the scene and the character’s background.
Exposition
The story builds. There is often a complication, which means the problem the character tried to solve gets more complex.
Rising Action
the story reaches the point of greatest tension between the protagonist and antagonist (or if there is only one main character, the darkness or lightness of that character appears to take control).
Falling Action
the character solve the conflict or problem
Resolution:
a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or it is the time when the action starts during which the solution is given.
climax
telling a complete story in a sequence
narrator
time,place
setting
a person or other being in a narrative.
character
is the sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect.
plot
the main character of a story
protagonist
a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist.
antagonist
character’s personality doesn’t change over the course of the narrative.
static/flat character
a character who undergoes some important change in the course of the story.
dynamic character
one that lacks complexity in several facets
round character
ambiguous protagonists—complex characters who have a dark side.
anti hero character
someone who contrasts with another character – usually the main character – to highlight their qualities.
foil character
one pattern of paragraph development that paints
pictures with words and brings the action or scenes to the reader.
Description
the focus of topic sentence that occur commonly at the
beginning of a descriptive paragraph. It helps the reader in understanding the
text for it sets the scene.
dominant
impression
It also persuades the readers to continue reading. The supporting details to
the central dominant impression are the senses of sights, smells, sounds,
textures, and feelings
sensory impressions.
phrase that has an implied meaning and should not be taken at face value
figures of speech
a comparison of two things
through the use of “like” or “as”.
Simile
a direct comparison of two
things.
Metaphor
the use of human characteristics to describe
animals, things, or ideas.
Personification