Unit 1 vocabulary

antagonist

• the character whose goals work against the protagonist
• a conversation between characters
• writing about invented people, places, and events
• the emotional atmosphere of a piece of writing, created through diction, figurative language, and other choices

character

• an individual in a literary work whose thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions move the action of the plot forward
• a major unit of a drama
• to restate an entire passage from a text in your own words
• the different categories or types of literature, in which the main categories are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama

personality

• the characteristics or qualities that make an individual who they are
• a narrative stage that develops the conflict
• to prevent someone from being included, considered, or accepted
• the different categories or types of literature, in which the main categories are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama

protagonist

• the main character—the one the story revolves around and who usually has a problem to solve
• a series of events that occur after the climax and lead to the resolution of the story’s conflict
• to meet formally
• the character whose goals work against the protagonist

paraphrase

• to restate an entire passage from a text in your own words
• a subdivision of an act in a drama
• to make certain of
• the central idea or message of a work of literature, often expressed as a general statement about life

fiction

• writing about invented people, places, and events
• accessible and ready for use or service
• to have confidence or faith in
• possible; capable of happening or becoming real

available

• accessible and ready for use or service
• an associate in an activity or endeavor
• to determine something not stated directly by using reasoning and evidence from the text
• free from fear or doubt, safe, comfortable

convene

• to meet formally
• an individual in a literary work whose thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions move the action of the plot forward
• to be in control of
• an instruction written by the playwright that may describe the set, a sound effect, the lighting, or the appearance or actions of a character

dominate

• to be in control of
• an instruction written by the playwright that may describe the set, a sound effect, the lighting, or the appearance or actions of a character
• the time and place of the events in a work of literature
• an individual in a literary work whose thoughts, feelings, actions, and reactions move the action of the plot forward

ensure

• to make certain of
• free from fear or doubt, safe, comfortable
• the sequence of events that take place in a work of literature
• an associate in an activity or endeavor