DISCOVER LITERATURE AS A TOOL TO ASSERT

• Characters

  are the people, animals, or aliens in the story.
• Protagonist

  The main character in a story, the story is usually written about.
• Antagonist

  A person that opposes or fights against another character usually the protagonist.
• Flat Character

  They are usually the extras in the story.
• Static Character

  These characters never change even from the begining to the end of the story.
• Round Characters

  Fully developed characters, they are prone to change.
• Plot

  Series of events and actions that occur in a story.
• Exposition

  the beginning of the story.
• Rising Action

  events become more complicated and the author introduces the conflict.
• Climax

  turning point, the most intense moment.
• Falling Action

  all action that follows the climax, during which time the situation begins to resolve itself or draw to a close.
• Resolution

  the final outcome.
• Conflict

  the opposition of forces or characters.
• Flashback

  shows the past event which causes the story or event to happen.
• Foreshadowing

  shows hints of a future event that will happen because of the present story of event.
• Resolution

  the ending of the story. It could be a happy ending, tragic, open minded or lack of or partial resolution.
• Setting

  refers to when and where the story happened.
• Theme

  center or main idea of the story.