Impacts of Texts- Retake Study Task

the chain of events that make up a story

• protagonist

• person v technology

• first person

• plot

the time and place of a story

• setting

• lots of he and she and character names

• dialogue

• mood

problems that arise as characters struggle to reach their goals

• verbal irony

• flashback

• complications

• direct characterizations

the main character in a story

• verbal irony

• inciting incident

• protagonist

• S.T.E.A.L.

the character (or force) in conflict with the protagonsit

• narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of more than one character

• flashback

• static character

• antagonist

the first part of the plot; characters, setting, and basic situation are introduced; includes the inciting incident

• setting

• exposition

• falling action

• plot

this is part of the exposition; it is when the conflict begins

• third person limited

• exposition

• inciting incident

• setting

main part of the story; moves the plot along; where complications arise

• flat character

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

the most exciting or intense part of the story for the protagonist; usually a turning point

• resolution

• climax

• setting

• suspense

events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution; conflict begin moving toward resolution

• rising action

• cliffhanger

• falling action

• climax