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Steve Jobs Vocab 3
Steve Jobs Vocabulary 3 For Mrs Cupp
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antagonist | the person,force, or idea opposing the protagonist |
| Characters | the people,animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a work of literature |
| Climax | 1.End, especially to reach a final or climatic stage 2. the turning point of a story, usually the most exciting part |
| conflicts | a struggle between opposing forces |
| dynamic character | a character who undergoes important changes as the plot unfolds |
| exposition | the part of a plot that provides background information and introduces the setting, conflict, and often the main characters. Usually at the beginning of a literary work |
| external conflict | a conflict that involves a character who struggles against a force outside of him or herself, such as nature, physical obstacle or another character |
| falling action | the stage of a plot in which the story begins to draw to a close, tension eases |
| inciting incident | ends the exposition and sets the rest of the story in motion |
| inference | a logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience |
| internal conflict | a conflict that occurs within a character |
| main characters | the most important characters in literary works |
| minor characters | the less important characters in a literary work |
| narrator | the voice that tells a story |
| plot | the series of events in a story |
| protagonist | the main character in a story, play, or novel, they are involved in the main conflict of the story often times the hero |
| resolution | the final part of the plot of a story, explaining how the conflict is settles may also answer the reader's remaining questions about the plot |
| rising action | the stage of the plot the develops the conflict - things become more complicated |
| setting | the time and place of the action |
| static character | a character who remains the same throughout the story |