Academic Vocab

the point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point

• allusion

• connotation

• antagonist

• climax

a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary

• antagonist

• connotation

• climax

• allusion

additional meaning associated with the word (emotions, ideas, and other words)

• climax

• antagonist

• conflict

• connotation

an author's purposeful reference that shapes theme -

author refers to something else in literature or culture

• climax

• antagonist

• allusion

• conflict

a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist

• connotation

• conflict

• climax

• allusion

literature that describes imaginary events and people

• falling action

• fiction

• dynamic character

• denotation

the part of a plot that happens after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.

• exposition

• fiction

• falling action

• denotation

direct and specific meaning

• denotation

• dynamic character

• falling action

• fiction

part of the plot that introduces background information; the beginning

• fiction

• falling action

• exposition

• dynamic character

a character that changes throughout the course of the narrative

• dynamic character

• exposition

• denotation

• exposition