Owl Creek Assignments (Literary Terms)

Kimberly Davis

Mrs. Endicott

English 12CR

28 January 2014

Owl Creek Assignment (Literary Terms)

1.) Exposition - a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory
2.) Rising Action - The rising action of a story is the series of events that begin immediately after the introduction of the story which builds up to the climax.
3.) Climax - The most exciting or important point of something.
4.) Falling Action - The events of a drama after the crisis but before the resolution.
5.) Resolution - The decision of not doing something or doing something.
6.) Protagonist - One of the major characters in a fictional text.
7.) Antagonist - Someone who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something.
8.) Flashback - A scene in a novel, movie or etc. in which is set in a time earlier than the main story.