characterization

The author's way of explaining the people in the story.

character

A person in a story.

tone

The author's attitude or feeling about a piece of writing.

mood

The feeling a reader gets from a story.

theme

The subject or message being written about.

third-person

Someone from outside the story is telling it.

first-person

One of the characters is telling the story.

point of view

The angle from which a story is told.

resolution

The satisfying end of a story where the problems are solved.

falling action

The part of the story that follows the climax.

climax

Turning point in the action of the story.

simile

Comparing two things using "like" or "as".

rising action

The part of the story when various problems start to happen.

exposition

The part that explains the background and setting of the story.

plot

The action in the story.

protagonist

The hero of the story.

antagonist

The person or thing fighting against the hero (the villain).

setting

Time and place of the story.

narrator

The person or character who is telling the story.

dialogue

Talking between characters in a story.

symbol

a concrete or real object used to represent an idea.

soliloquy

A speech given in a play by a character.

satire

Writing that ridicules or makes fun of people's mistakes or weaknesses.

sarcasm

Use of praise to ridicule someone or something.

pun

A word or phrase used in a way that gives it a funny twist.

oxymoron

Using two contradictory words together for a special effect.

foreshadowing

Hints or clues about what is going to happen in the story.

figurative language

Using words to create a special effect.

personification

Giving human characteristics to an idea, object, or animal.

allusion

Reference to a well-known person, place, thing, event, or work of literature.

metaphor

Comparing two things without using "like" or "as".

irony

Using a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its normal meaning.

hyperbole

Great exaggerat

flashback

When the author goes back in the story to an earlier time.