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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| protagonist | The central character usually involved in a conflict against the antagonist. May also be known as the hero. |
| antagonist | The central character’s opponent (creates the conflict). |
| Theme | The central idea or message about life that is expressed in the story. |
| Conflict | A problem, fight, or struggle between characters, society, nature, or internally within. |
| Setting | Where and when the story takes place (including the time, place, weather, culture, customs and traditions). |
| Dynamic Character | A character who undergoes a significant internal change over the course of the story. This may be a change in understanding,values of the story. |
| Static Character | A character who does not undergo a significant change over the course of a story. |
| central idea | What the story is mostly about. |
| person vs. person | This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with another character, human or not human. |
| Person vs. Nature | This type of conflict finds the main character in conflict with the forces of nature, which serve as the antagonist. |
| Person vs. Society: | This type of conflict has the main character in conflict with a larger group: a community, society, culture, school, etc. |
| Person vs. Self | In this type of conflict, the main character experiences some kind of inner conflict like making a difficult decision or dealing with a personal problem. |
| Decrease | To make less, to become smaller. |
| Dejected | Downhearted, in low spirits, unhappy. |
| Demote | To lower in rank or position, to move down or back. |
| Denominator | The numeral below the, or to right of the line in a fraction. |
| Descend | To come down, to go from a higher to a lower place. |
| Subdue | To bring under control, to quiet down; to conquer. |
| Subheading | The title or heading for one section of an outline or paper. |
| Submerge | To move, or be pushed, under water. |
| Subside | To go down, recede, settle, sink to a lower level |
| Subsistence | The minimum amount to sustain life. |
| Antisocial | Unfriendly; not enjoying the company of others |
| Association | A club, society or an organization of people with similar interests |
| Dissociate | To break the ties between, separate from, stop associating with. |
| Society | People, human beings living and working as a group or community. |
| Sociologist | A scientist who works in the area of sociology, which examines the relationships, values, and institutions of communities of people. |
| Commemorate | To honor the memory of. |
| Memento | An object that reminds one of a special time or place. |
| Memorandum | A written or typed note to help one remember something. |
| Memorial | A monument or statue built in memory of a person or an event. |
| Remembrance | An object that keeps memory of something alive. |
| Postscript | A note added after ending ( often abbreviated P.S.). |
| Prescription | An order for medicine or other treatment written by a doctor. |
| scribe | before the invention of printing, a person who wrote books by hand; a writer. |
| Script | The text of a play, movie, or broadcast |
| Subscription | An order for, or a pledge to pay for, regular copies of a publication, a group of plays or concerts, and so on |