Flight Vocab Final

The main character who is involved in the central conflict of the story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• foil

• alliteration

Using the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• inference

• alliteration

• tone

• theme

The opponent of the main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• foil

• alliteration

A character whose purpose is to draw attention to the qualities of the main character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• foil

• alliteration

The author’s central idea or main message about life

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• theme

• tone

Giving hints to the reader about what will happen later in the story

• flashback

• alliteration

• theme

• foreshadowing

An interruption in the story to show things that happened in the past

• flashback

• alliteration

• theme

• foreshadowing

A struggle within a person’s mind over a problem or question

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• foil

• inference

A struggle between a person and an outside force (another person, nature, etc.)

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• foil

• theme

A conclusion based on reasoning and evidence, not something directly stated (an educated guess)

• alliteration

• foreshadowing

• foil

• inference