a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

a brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event

the character who opposes the protagonist

the feeling created in a reader by a literary work or passage

a person or an animal who takes part in the action of a literary work

the act of creating and developing a character

the author directly states a character’s traits

the author shows a character’s personality through his or her actions, thoughts, feelings, words, and appearance or through another character’s observations and reactions

the high point of interest or suspense

a struggle between opposing forces

a conversation between two characters

writing or speech that explains a process or presents information

prose writing that tells about imaginary character and events

writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally

the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

a category or type of literature

the general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, expectation and result, or meaning and intention

words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true

an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader, or the audience

a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

the sequence of events in a literary work

the ordinary form of written language

a conclusion that violates the expectations of the reader but in a way that is both logical and believable

a feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work

anything that stands for or represents something else

a central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work, a generalization about people or about life that is communicated through the literary work

the picturing in words of something or someone

where the conflict increases

form of language spoken by particular people or a group

highly imaginative writing contains elements not found in real life

a sense within a story that interprets the sequence of events from the past

one sided character, stereotypical

a character whose actions inspiring or noble

an event that introduces the central conflict or rising action

a need or desirer that energizes behavior

a speaker or a character who tells a story

writing that tells about real people, places, and events

a long work of fiction

the sequence of events in each event results from a previous one or cause

Main character in literary work

the outcome of the conflict in a plot

combines elements of fiction and fantasy with science facts

The time and place which action takes place.

a brief work of fiction