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| first-person point of view |
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| omniscient narrator (third person) |
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| a narrator who has the ability to move freely through he consciousness of any character (God) |
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| a character who fails to understand all of the implications of the story he or she tells |
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| a narrator who intentionally or unintentionally relates events in a subjective or distorted manner |
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the central character in the story
(initiates most of the action) |
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| the most significant character or force that opposes the protagonist(a force of nature conflicting impulse) |
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| a complex character who is presented in depth and detail |
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| a word (person, object, image or event) that invokes a range of additional meanings that are more abstract (creates literal significance |
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| character may be symbolic (or a part of the character's body or an attribute of the character may convey symbolic meaning) |
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| a reoccurring object, concept or structure in a work of literature |
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| (theme is not about plot or the subject) it is what the author says with that plot about that subject theme is whatever general idea or insight that the whole entire story reveals |
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| a moment of insight discovery or revelation by which the characters life is greatly altered |
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| a character with only one outstanding trait who stays the same throughout the story |
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