AP Flashcards

10610340954	Narrator	Person telling the story	0
10610340955	Characterization	the act of creating and developing a character	1
10610340956	characterization (direct)	tells the audience what the personality of the character is	2
10610340957	Characterization (indirect)	the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc.	3
10610340958	Antagonist	A character or force in conflict with the main character	4
10610340959	plot structure	Sequence of events in a story	5
10610340960	Climax	Most exciting moment of the story; turning point	6
10610340961	Conflict (internal)	man vs. self	7
10610340962	Conflict (external)	A struggle between a character and an outside force	8
10610340963	Inference	A conclusion one can draw from the presented details.	9
10610340964	Setting	The time and place of a story	10
10610340965	central idea	The most important point the author makes	11
10610340966	Exoposition	a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.	12
10610340967	Symbolism	A person, place or object which has a meaning in itself but suggests other meanings as well	13
10610340968	Foreshadowing	the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot	14
10610340969	point of view	the perspective from which a story is told	15
10610340970	Protagonist	main character	16
10610340971	Falling action	the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end	17
10610340972	Resolution	General insight or change is conveyed	18
10610340973	Theme	the central message of a literary work	19
10610340974	objective summary	A basic retelling of the plot without any emotions or opinions	20
10610340975	Irony	When something happens that is unexpected	21