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| Plot is the beginning, middle and end of a novel;the story line. |
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| The perspective from which the story is told. |
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| A narrator that cannot accurately tell the story for various reasons presented in the story. |
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| When the narrator tells the story from his/her point of view;uses "I", "Me", etc. |
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| When the story is told from an outside perspective;uses "he, "her", etc. |
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| The purpose of a line, plot or theme. |
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| A perspective that switches between many characters, and discusses their thoughts, feelings, etc. |
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| A point of view which the narrator sees into the minds of some, but not all the characters. Most typically this perspective sees through the eyes of one major or minor character. |
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| The traits and personalities of characters. |
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| The main character of the book, often considered the hero to admirable traits. |
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| The opposition to the protagonist, often considered the villain. |
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| A character who is one-sided, and accentuates one aspect of a person. |
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| A character who is multi-sided, and has many differing traits that reflect the nature of an actual human. |
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| A character who does not change throughout the story. |
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| A character who goes through a change during the course of the story. |
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| A generalized trait that applies to one particular race, religion, nationality, etc. |
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| A certain type of character that often appears in literature; examples would include the "underdog", the "wise old man," of the "mad scientist." |
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| A character that serves as a direct contrast to another character; meant to emphasize a particular trait in that second character. |
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| The time and place where the story takes place. |
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| The atmosphere that the story creates, often created by particular word choice. |
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| The style of narration in which the story is told. |
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| When a physical aspect of a novel represents an abstract idea. |
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| The message or moral that the story conveys. |
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| When something in a work of literature directly refers to something in another place. |
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| A type of story in which the ending is sad. |
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| The protagonist of a tragedy, who often fails because of their tragic flaw. |
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| A certain trait in a tragic hero that results in their failure. |
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| The hero of an epic who conveys admirable and desirable traits, such as bravery or strength. |
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| A piece of literature that mocks or provides commentary on society and modern culture. |
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| Something in literature that alludes to something that will occur later in the story. |
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| Verbal, situational, and dramatic; when something unexpected occurs in the piece of literature. |
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| Irony that is known only bu the audience, but not to some or all characters on stage. |
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| Irony that you believe will turn out one way yet the outcome is completely different or the opposite. |
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| Irony that a person says one thing, but means another-sarcasm. |
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| Language that uses many figures of speeches such as metaphors or similes. |
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| A figure of speech which compares two things using the words "like" or "as". |
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| A figure of speech in which a term of phase is applied to something to which is not literally applicable in order to show a resemblance to another object. |
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| Two or more words of a group with the same consonant letter or phonetic sound. |
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| Two or more words of a word group with the same vowel letter or phonetic sound. |
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| A exaggeration of something-there must have been at least. |
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| The sound of the word is the actual meaning, such as BOOM! or WOOF! |
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| A long monologue in which a person or character is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any other people present (in Macbeth it is used to show us his innermost thoughts. |
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