The final part of the play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and resolved.

Also known as a narrative arc that shows the structure of the story's plot that outlines it's rise and fall.

The process of creating a character with depth, personality, and motivations (also changes throughout history).

The point of entry or beginning...

A character's personal growth and adaptation to the story's particular conflicts.

A particular order in which related events, movement, or things follow each other.

A sense of conclusion at the end of an artistic work. A feeling that an emotional or traumatic is resolved.

A long narrative story in elevated style recounting the deeds of legendary or historical heroes.

How a character or author feels towards a subject. (Style or manner of expression in speaking or writing.)

Feeling you get as the reader from a literary work.

Choice of words.

Something suggested by a word or a thing. The figurative (nonliteral) meaning.

The direct or specific meaning. The literal meaning of a word or a phrase.

Slow pacing is achieved by adding more descriptive details to the text and drawn-out dialogue.

There are five stages in the Departure phase of the hero's journey.

The Hero's Journey Archetype is the general plot pattern used in most, if not all, stories told about heroes.

Author's orient the reader by including...

The pacing of a story is generally faster before the climax and slower after the climax towards the resolution.

The Call to Adventure is the very first step of the hero's journey.

The Departure phase of the hero's journey is most closely associated with this stage of Freytag's Pyramid...

Ways I can develop my protagonist: backstory, flaws, goals, personality, worldview, physical traits, and morality.

Figurative language includes anything that means exactly what it means.

Dialogue is often used to move the plot forward by revealing information characters may know in conversation.