Academic Vocabulary Week 6

The main character of the story is called:

• The Protagonist

• The Antagonist

• Flat Character

• Round Character

The person or entity against the main character is called:

• The Protagonist

• The Antagonist

• Complex Character

• Flat Character

A character that changes and grows as the story progresses:

• Dynamic/Complex Character

• Flat Character

• Static Character

• Subordinate Character

Internal reasons for external behavior

• Inspiration

• Motivation

• Cross-contamination

• Expiration

Includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution

• Plot

• Turning Point

• Theme

• Metaphor

Communication or direct involvement with someone or something

• Plot

• Motivation

• Conflict

• Interaction

Struggle between two opposing forces

• Conflict

• Motivation

• Plot

• Interaction

Climax is... 

• Events that make up a story
• The exploding part of story/ turning point of story
• setting and characters
• the solution to the problem

Tells the setting, or time and place

• climax

• exposition

• resolution or denouement

• rising action

a conflict is introduced, action picks up

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution