Literary Terms Part 1 and Short Story Vocabulary
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- Q1the person or force that works against the hero of the literary workprotagonistminor characterconflictantagonist30s
- Q2One of the people (or animals) in a literary workthemesettingcharacterplot30s
- Q3A problem or struggle between two opposing forces in a literary workconflictrising actionsettingplot30s
- Q4the only internal conflict; a problem within the character's own mindcharacter vs. naturecharacter vs. charactercharacter vs. selfcharacter vs. society30s
- Q5a problem between a character school, the law, or some tradition.character vs. charactercharacter vs. selfcharacter vs. naturecharacter vs. society30s
- Q6A problem between a character and a blizzard, a hurricane, a mountain climb, etc.character vs. selfcharacter vs. naturecharacter vs. charactercharacter vs. society30s
- Q7The part of the story, usually near the beginning, in which the characters are introduced, the background is explained, and the setting is describedrising actionexpositionresolutionclimax30s
- Q8The action and dialogue following the climax that lead the reader into the story's endexpositionfalling actionrising actionresolution30s
- Q9The action that makes up the storyplotcharacterizationsettingconflict30s
- Q10The planned action or series of events in a story. There are five parts; exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolutionASTARplot sequencesetting sequencerising action30s
- Q11The main character in a story, often a good or heroic typeantagonistdynamic characterprotagonistsecondary character30s
- Q12The part of the story in which the problems are solved and the action comes to a satisfying endfalling actionrising actionclimaxresolution30s
- Q13The part of the story during which various problems arise after a conflict is introducedrising actionsettingconflictclimax30s
- Q14The place and the time frame in which a story takes placeplotironythemesetting30s
- Q15A device used to highlight, explain, or analyze characters in literaturecharacterizationtraditionismmetaphorplot sequence30s