The plan or main story of a literary work, what happens in the story
What is plot?
100
Narration from one character's perspective, generally told using pronouns like "I" and "me"
What is first person narration (narrator)?
100
Someone who is two-dimensional, or who we only get to see one way
What is a flat character?
100
the art of expressing invisible or untouchable entities with visible or sensual representations
What is symbolism?
100
The way in which a story is started, or introduced
What is exposition?
200
The place and time that a story takes place
What is setting?
200
Narration from someone other than the characters in the story, generally told using pronouns like "he," "she," "they"
What is Third Person Narration (Narrator)?
200
A character who is fully developed and three-dimensional with many character traits.
What is a round character?
200
Interruption of the plot by interjection of events of an earlier occurrence
What is flashback?
200
The build-up of the conflict or action to the climax
What is rising action?
300
The main ideas or central universal lesson of a story
What is theme?
300
The problem in the story
What is conflict?
300
This describes a character that does not undergo an important change in a story.
What is a static character?
300
Representation or identification of what is to come later in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
300
The winding down of the conflict or action to the climax
What is falling action?
400
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
400
The point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the story?
What is climax?
400
This describes a character that undergoes an important change over the course of the story.
What is dynamic?
400
Extravagant exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
400
The way in which a story is resolved, or concluded
What is resolution?
500
Narration from someone who can see and feel each one of the character's thoughts and emotions
What is first-person narration (narrator)?
500
The artistic representation of human character and motives.
What is characterization?
500
The main character in the story.
What is the protagonist?
500
A combination of words that contradict one another; for example jumbo shrimp
What is oxymoron?
500
An idea, an emotion, or a further event that expresses the protagonist's feelings about the success or failure of goal attainment/problem resolution or that relates the events in the story to some broader set of concerns