12th Grade Plot Terms

The term for the central character in a story who drives the action and is usually the emotional heart of a story.

• Protagonist
• Antagonist

• Foil

• Round Character

The character or force that opposes a main character is called...

• Plot
• Central Conflict
• Antagonist
• Protagonist

A major problem or tension in a story that drives much of the action is called...

• Plot
• Central Conflict
• Antagonist
• Protagonist

The way that the sequence of events in a story is structured is called...

• Plot
• Central Conflict
• Antagonist
• Protagonist

The series of events at the beginning of a story that reveal the characters and setting to help the audience understand the central conflict is called...

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Resolution

The series of events that develop the central conflict by increasing the problems a main character(s) faces is called...

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Resolution

The series of events that show how the main character(s) addresses a central conflict in a productive manner is called...

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Resolution

The part of the story that shows the outcome of a central conflict and how it affected the characters and setting is called...

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Resolution

The author's central message or life lesson that an audience can take from the conflict and plot in a story is called...

• Theme
• Narrator
• Tone
• Characterization

The part of the story that is most exciting and serves as the turning point of the plot is called...

• Exposition

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Resolution