Vocab Short Story Unit Flashcards
(28 cards)
Antagonist
Opponent who block the protagonist
Ex:/ Maleficent
Protagonist
The main character the person for whom the reader roots
Ex:/ cinderella
Conflict
The protagonists problem or struggle
Ex:/ rapunzell vs mother gothel
What are the 4 types of conflict
Person vs person Thor vs Loki
Person vs nature Man vs wild
Person vs society Hunger games
Person vs self OUAT
Static character
Character who stays the same
Ex:/ Dory
Dynamic character
Character who changes significantly from beginning to end of story
Ex:/ Marlin
Antihero
When the protagonist is actually a villain of the story, but we empathize anyway
Ex:/ The movie Maleficent
Foil
Character serves as a direct contrast to main character, used to emphasize main charecter
Theme
An insight about human life revealed in literary work
Tone
The writers attitude the character, subject, and audience
Mood
Climate on feeling of story
Diction
The words a writer choses
Dialect
A particular way of speaking that is unique to a region or social class
Dialouge
The words a character speaks
Figurative laungauge
Not litteral
Idiom
A popular figure of speech
Simile
Comparison using like, as, then, or resembles
Personification
When a writer gives an animal or object human trait
Foreshadow
The use of hints or clues to suggest what might happen in the future
Flashback
A scene that interrupts the normal narrative timeline in order to provide information about somthing
Hyperbole
A ridiculous exaggeration can be used for comic effect, but usually just annoying
Alussion
A reference to a time, place, person, or text
Metaphor
A comparison not using like, as, than, or resembles
Symbolism
A person place or event that has meaning in itself. That also stands for something not in itself
