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| A force acting against the main character |
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| A form of nonfiction in which a person tells of his or her own life |
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| The story of a person's life, written by someone else. |
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| One event brings about another |
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| A person, an animal, or an imaginary creature that takes part in the action of literary work |
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| Presents characters' words or actions |
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| Permanant aspects of a character's personality |
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| A struggle between opposing forces |
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| A struggle within a character |
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| A struggle between a character against some other character or an outside force |
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| The highest point of tension or drama in which a solution is given in a story |
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| A form of literature meant to be performed by actors before an audience |
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| A short work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject |
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| The literary technique by which information is conveyed about events that have occured prior to the beginning of a novel, play, movie, or other work of narrative fiction |
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| The part of the story, following the climax showing the affects of the climax |
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| A story that takes place in an unreal, imaginary world |
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| Prose writing that tells an imaginary story |
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| A type or category of literature |
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| Fiction that is set up in the past |
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| The subject on which a story is based on |
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| The reason why a character feels or acts a certain way |
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| Writing that tells a story |
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| Writing that tells about real people, places, and events |
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| A work of nonfiction that is longer and more complex than a short story |
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| The sequence of related events that make up a story |
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| The central character in a story, play, or novel |
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| Loose ends are tied up and the story is brought to a close |
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| Fiction based on real or imagined scientific developments |
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| A brief work of fiction that usually can be read in a single setting |
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| An essay that emphasizes personal feelings |
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| The time and location in which a story takes place |
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| The order in which things happen |
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| To give the main events of the original story |
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| The broad idea or message conveyed in a story |
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