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This is the person or thing that causes problems and obstacles for the main character.
Characterization
Protagonist
Antagonist
Rising Action
This is the problem or obstacle in a story or novel. This is very important to a story because it has the ability to create tension and adds to the rising action.
Symbolism
Conflict
Setting
Characterization
This is the time and place of a story. This literary term can affect a character and his/her actions.
Irony
Protagonist
Setting
Symbolism
Irony is
An unexpected twist in the plot the reader does not see coming.
This is the highest point of action in the plot.
When one object or item stands in for something else.
When one character has a conflict with another character.
This is a conflict in which a character faces events and problems in nature like animals, storms, and landscapes.
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society
Characterization is
This is the main character who deals with the conflicts and obstacles throughout the plot.
A hint of what is to come later in the plot.
When the character has a conflict with another character.
The details( actions, behaviors, physical and mental characteristics) about a character in a story
When speaking about the plot, this is where the initial plot is introduced, along with the main character and the setting
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Point of view is
The physical and emotional characteristics of a character
The person who causes the problems for the main character
The perspective in which a story is told
When one object stands in for something else
This is a character who changes over the course of a plot, story, or novel.
Static Character
Dynamic Character
Man vs. self
Man vs. Society
Man vs . self is
A character who has a major conflict with another character
A character who has a conflict with a group of people
A character who has a conflict with nature
A character who has a conflict with an internal issue
This is a character who DOES NOT change over the course of a plot, story, or novel.
Static Character
Dynamic Character
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Society
The rising action of a plot is:
Where a character, setting, and initial plot is introduced.
The incident that sets the action into motion.
The part that includes all decisions, characters' flaws, and background circumstances that together create turns and twist leading to a climax.
Where all the conflicts are resolved and the plot comes to an end.
This is the main character who deals with conflicts and problems throughout the plot. Often, the reader follows this character throughout the story.
Characterization
Protagonist
Antagonist
Rising Action
The author subtly creates a hint of what is to come later in the plot. This can be a character's actions, dialogue, and symbolism.
Foreshadow
Symbolism
Point of View
Man vs. Society
Man vs. man conflict is:
When the main character has a conflict with an animal, nature, or landscape.
When the main character has a conflict within him/herself.
When the main character has a conflict with a group of people.
When the main character has a conflict with another character in the story.
