Vocab Week 1 Quiz

The opposing force that brings conflict and is instrumental in the development of the central character.

The central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story. 

The story circles around this character’s experiences, and the audience is invited to see the world from his or her perspective.

A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces. Examples:

• Man versus Self (internal)

• Man versus Nature (external)

• Man versus Man (external)

• Man versus Society (external)

The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story. Technically, this is also known as a “denouement.” 

Most of the instances of _____ are presented in the final parts or chapters of a story. It mostly follows the climax.

A character who doesn't undergo any significant change in character, personality or perspective over the course of a story. 

This character does not develop the inner understanding to know how his environment is affecting him, or he does not understand that his actions have positive or negative impacts on others.

A character who undergoes a major transition in one or more ways. 

A dynamic character faces trials and tribulations, and takes time to learn from his encounters, his experiences, and his mistakes, as well as from other characters.

"The art of making motion pictures.” An example of this is: the decisions made about lighting, camera filters and lenses when shooting a movie scene.

• An account of connected events. 

• Two writers describing the same set of events might craft very different stories, depending on how they use different elements, such as tone or point of view. 

This account includes not just the sequence of events and their cause and effect relationships, but also all of the decisions and techniques that impact how a story is told.