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| the introduction or the part of the work that introduces the characters, the setting,and the basic situation |
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| the time and place of the action |
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| the sequence of events in a literary work |
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| a gradual building of the tension and excitement leading toward the climax |
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| a high point of interest or suspense or the turning point in a literary work |
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| a quick winding down of tension and excitement as the story comes to an end |
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| the struggle between opposing forces. and one of the most important elements in stories, novels, and plays because it causes the action |
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| a struggle in which a character is against some outside force. Some common types are person v. person, person vs. nature, person vs. the supernatural |
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a struggle that takes place in the mind of the character.
Person vs. himself would be an example of this type of conflict. |
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The central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work. It can usually be expressed as a
generalization, or a general statement, about human beings or about life. It is NOT a summary of its plot. It is the central idea that the writer communicates. |
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| the practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, or some other work of literature. It usually suggests what a person should or should not do. |
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Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally. The many types are
known as FIGURES OF SPEECH. |
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a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else. For example, we call a
person who watches a lot of T.V. a "couch potato." |
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| a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike subjects by using either LIKE or AS. For example, we may say a vain person is "as proud as a peacock." |
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| A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics. For example, we might say that the sun looks cheerful. |
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the repetition of a consonant sound, usually at the beginning of words
ex. Six soft sheep slept sweetly. |
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a figure of speech in which statements are exaggerated
ex. I nearly died laughing. |
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| the act of creating and developing a character |
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| writing which simply states the character's traits or characteristics |
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| writing which depends on the reader to draw conclusions based on the character's words, thoughts, and actions or on what others say to, think about, or do to the character |
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| indirect characterization |
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| a character who is often one-sided and stereotypical (as in the "dumb jock" or the "computer geek") |
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| a character who is fully developed and who exhibits many traits, often both faults and virtues |
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| a character who changes throughout the course of the story |
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| a character who does not change throughout the course of a story |
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| the main character in a literary work |
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| a character or force in conflict with the protagonist |
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| the author's attitude toward the reader or toward himself, which might be described as serious, sad, cheerful, proud or mocking |
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| the goal or aim of a literary work |
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| The use, in a literary work, of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur, to build readers' expectations, and to create suspense. |
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| the general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions |
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| words used to suggest the opposite of their usual meaning |
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| a contradiction between what a character thinks is true and what the audience or reader knows to be true |
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| an event contradicting the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience |
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| situational (or climactic) irony |
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| the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told |
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| the point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself or herself with first person pronouns (I, me, my, myself) |
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| first person point of view |
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| the point of view in which a person outside of the story is telling the story |
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| third person point of view |
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| the point of view in which the narrator knows and tells about what each character thinks and feels |
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| omniscient (pronounced om-nish-ent) third person point of view |
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| the point of view in which the narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character, and everything is viewed from that character's perspective |
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| limited third person (or limited omniscient) point of view |
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| the point of view in which the writer is a third person spectator who describes the action but does not tell what any characters think or feel |
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| objective third person point of view |
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