Lit & Film Weekly Vocab Review #1

Antagonist

• The central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story.

• A character who doesn't undergo any significant change in character, personality or perspective over the course of a story.

• The opposing force that brings conflict and is instrumental in the development of the protagonist, or main character.

• A character who undergoes a major transition in one or more ways.

Protagonist

• The central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story.

• A character who doesn't undergo any significant change in character, personality or perspective over the course of a story.

• The opposing force that brings conflict and is instrumental in the development of the protagonist, or main character.

• A character who undergoes a major transition in one or more ways.

Static Character

• The central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story.

• A character who doesn't undergo any significant change in character, personality or perspective over the course of a story.

• The opposing force that brings conflict and is instrumental in the development of the protagonist, or main character.

• A character who undergoes a major transition in one or more ways.

Dynamic Character

• The central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story.

• A character who doesn't undergo any significant change in character, personality or perspective over the course of a story.

• The opposing force that brings conflict and is instrumental in the development of the protagonist, or main character.

• A character who undergoes a major transition in one or more ways.

Conflict

• A moment in which the linear story is interrupted and launched to an event that occurred in the past

• The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story. Also known as a "denouement"

• A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces

• The moment when all the drama that has been developing over the course of the story reaches a breaking point

Resolution

• A moment in which the linear story is interrupted and launched to an event that occurred in the past

• The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story. Also known as a "denouement"

• A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces

• The moment when all the drama that has been developing over the course of the story reaches a breaking point

Cinematography

• The presentation of one art form through another medium

• A motion picture; a movie

• An account of connected events

• The art of making motion pictures

Narrative

• The presentation of one art form through another medium

• A motion picture; a movie

• An account of connected events

• The art of making motion pictures

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• resolution

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Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution