1. Today in Class Chat What’s in a Name? Literary Terms - Review

2. Protagonist Hero Opposed by antagonist

3. Antagonist Force working against the Protagonist Creates Obstacles for Protagonist

4. 5 Types of Conflict Character vs. Character Character vs. Self Character vs. Nature Character vs. Society Character vs. High Power

5. Exposition Character Setting

6. Rising Action Conflict

7. Climax Turning Point

8. Falling Action Action Following Climax Compares to Rising Action

9. Resolution Conclusions Tying all threads together Complete the arc

10. Refers to: Basic Plot Structure

11. Subplot Underlying, smaller plot

12. Arc Whole Story Entire narrative

13. Round Character Developed Changes

14. Flat Character Stays the same

15. Archetype Others modeled after it Original Spawns Copies

16. Juxtaposition Placing two objects near each other for contrast

17. Doppelganger Twin/Double with a key difference

18. Bildungsroman Coming of age story Maturation Growing up

19. Erzienengsroman Story of initiation Become part of a larger group

20. Denouement Unknotting Address all plots in resolution Provides closure

21. Ephiphany Sudden important Realization

22. Didactic Educational Instructive With message

23. Plot Device Event which moves the narrative forward Sets up following action i.e. weather

24. First Line of a Novel Calling Card Sets Author’s Tone Voice Style Content

25. Theme Idea Abstract Concept

26. Motif Thing/Object/Action Re-occurs throughout the novel Concrete

27. En Media Res “On-Media-Ray” To begin in the Middle

28. Verisimilitude Same Truth Reader can identify & connect with the text Relatable

29. Schadenfreude Take pleasure in the downfall or failure of others Watching a trainwreck