English 1 Final - Study Guide

narrator is outside story: uses words like “he” and “she” to tell it

• 3rd person POV
• 1st person POV

main character

• protagonist
• antagonist

introduces setting, characters, & conflict

• exposition
• rising action

an account of a conversation, episode, or event that happened earlier

• foreshadowing
• flashback

struggle between character & outside force

• external conflict
• internal conflict

person in conflict with main character

• protagonist
• antagonist

ex: Moana vs. the huge ocean waves

• character vs. character
• character vs. force of nature

how author reveals personality of a character

• characterization
• narrator

ex: Harry Potter vs. Voldemort

• character vs. character
• character vs. society

a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself

• symbol
• point of view