Literary Vocabulary Review

The force or person that the main character is struggling against

• perspective

• antagonist

• point of view

• protagonist

A word to describe a character that does not change

• static

• dynamic

• antagonist

• protagonist

A word to describe a character that changes.

• characterization

• dynamic

• antagonist

• static

The attitude or feelings of a character; this includes the character's motivations and thoughts about the conflict

• characterization

• universal idea

• point of view

• perspective

All of the events in a story; it is often mapped out on a triangle called a Freytag Pyramid

• conflict

• resolution

• plot

• exposition

The time and place of the story; it is usually described in the beginning

• theme

• setting

• perspective

• point of view

Part of the plot after the climax where the story starts to wind down

• conflict

• falling action

• plot

• resolution

Part of the plot where the solution to the main conflict occurs

• rising action

• climax/turning point

• falling action

• resolution

An abstract concept that can apply to people in many different time periods and many different places; most stories contain multiple

• perspective

• universal idea

• theme

• conflict

A message or idea about life the author is trying to convey in the story; it is centered around a universal idea

• theme

• conflict

• setting

• universal idea