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| One who carries out the action against the protagonist |
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| Character who lacks traditional "good" traits. They do "bad" things, but we like them anyway |
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| how one event leads to another |
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| they carry out the action |
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| the building and the handling of the characters by the author |
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| a comic element inserted into a tragic work to relieve tension |
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the opposition between two forces
1) Man vs man
2) Man vs himself
3) Man vs society or circumstances
4) Man vs nature |
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| variety of language confined to a region or group |
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conversation of the two or more people
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arrangement and choice of words for a literary work
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| background information-can be anywhere in the story-most at beginning of story |
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| imaginative narrative prose |
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| a literary devise in which an author presents incidents that happen before the opening of the story. often provides exposition. |
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| may be a major character but does not change or alter personality over the course of the story |
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| two characters with opposite characteristics for the purpose of making each other look extreme |
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| giving hints to prepare the reader for later incidents |
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| a catagory of artistic composition as in music or literature marked by a distinctive style, form, or content |
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| when the unexpected happens |
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| dissimmilar event or people are placed side by side highlighting differences for the reader |
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| the strongest emotion a story brings out in the reader |
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| a lesson that may be learned from a literary work |
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one who is telling the story
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| the plot is the story line or the framework of the story |
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| the development of suspense or buildup to where the outcome is decided or action changes to its conclusion |
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| the turning point/high point of the action: the resolution of the conflict |
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| denouement-the action after the climax to the conclusion |
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| the angle from which a narrator tells a story |
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| where a writer chooses one charactor to be the narrator and tells the story from his/her point of view |
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| where all the characters are spoken of in the third person. He, she, it, or they. |
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| third person omiscient (all knowing) |
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| where the narrator of the story is all knowing |
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| third person-limited omniscent |
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| point of view where the narrator can give us insight into only one characters thoughts and feelings |
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| complex and many sided, both strengths and weaknesses are reveal. Round/dynamic |
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| time, place, and circumstances at the opening of the story |
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when the setting is relatively unimportant
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| when the setting is essential to understanding the plot setting as mood, antagonist, historical background, symbolism |
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| a character not developed beyond a single character trait |
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| the framework of a work of literature |
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| the authors way of writing |
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| a less important line of action-tied into and follows the main plot |
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| literary devise used to hold the interest of the reader |
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| the main idea of the story which reveals some universal truth about life-stated directly or indirectly |
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