Literary Terms Flashcards #2

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Plot

Back

The order of what happens in the story

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Inciting incident

Back

The big thing that starts the problem

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Climax

Back

The most exciting part of the story

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Flashback

Back

When the story goes back to something that happened before

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Denouement/Epilogue

Back

What happens after the story is finished (after the resolution)

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Protagonist

Back

The main character (the “good guy”)

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Antagonist

Back

The character or thing that causes the problem (the “bad guy”)

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Conflict

Back

The problem in the story

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First person

Back

The story is told by a character using “I”

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Second person

Back

Uses “you”, includes the reader