Fundamentals in Literature, Unit 1: Conflict

a protagonist who behaves virtuously

• hero

• villain

helps reader understand the author’s ideas, shows 

how conflict participants attempt to resolve issues, 

and can portray victory, defeat, or compromise.

• atmosphere

• foreshadowing

• setting

• conflict resolution

• conflict

a particularly evil or cruel antagonist

• hero

• villain

anxiety resulting from an author’s withholding of plot 

details

• atmosphere

• foreshadowing

• setting

• suspense

• conflict

hinting at events that will occur later in the story

• atmosphere

• foreshadowing

• setting

• suspense

• conflict

hinting at events that will occur later in the story

• atmosphere

• foreshadowing

• setting

• suspense

• conflict

the opposition of two or more characters or forces

• atmosphere

• foreshadowing

• setting

• suspense

• conflict

the time, place, and way of life in which the action of 

the story occurs

• atmosphere

• foreshadowing

• setting

• suspense

• conflict

the mood or emotion that the reader is supposed to 

share with a story’s character

• atmosphere

• foreshadowing

• setting

• suspense

• conflict

Miss Hinch, surprisingly, is free to walk away but reconsiders and makes one last move.

• man vs. greater force

• man vs. man

• man vs. self