Bagwell Fall Semester Exam Review

A reference to a famous person, place, event, or a work of literature.

• Hint

• Flashback

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

Character in a story who is presented as the main enemy and rival of the protagonist.

• Antagonist

• Hero

• Protagonist

• Initiate

The way an author describes or shows what a character is like through character development.

• Characterization

• Drawings

• Film

• Character growth

The point in the narrative where the tension, excitement, or stakes reach the highest level.

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising action

• Inciting incident

A problem or a struggle between two opposing forces in a story.

• Villain

• Antagonist

• Climax

• Conflict

An implied meaning that's associated with a word in addition to its literal meaning.

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Claim

• Thesis

The literal dictionary definition of a word.

• Simile

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Metaphor

The beginning of a story that reveals important background information. This can include setting and details about characters.

• Resolution

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Climax

The period of time in a story where tension is easing and events are leading to the resolution.

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Climax

• Exposition

An account of some event that happened before the beginning of a story.

• Denotation

• Inciting incident

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback