Novels
Short stories
Plays
Poems
Essays
100
A sequence of related events that make up a story or drama.
Plot
100
A series of events which happen after the climax.
Falling action
100
The general mood or feeling established in a work of literature.
Atmosphere
100
The writer makes us figure out the character.
Indirect characterization
100
The suggested meanings of a word or phrase; the meanings and feelings that have become associated with the word.
Connotation
200
A struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature. For example: man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. himself.
Conflict
200
Something in a literary work which mantains its own meaning while at the same time standing for something broader than itself.
Symbolism
200
The use of clues that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story or drama.
Foreshadowing
200
A character which undergoes a change in personality or attitude.
Dynamic character
200
The main idea expressed in a literary work, the central insight that the work gives about human life.
Theme
300
The moment of highest emotional intensity in the plot.
Climax
300
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject or the reader in a work of literature.
Tone
300
The reappearance of a word, phrase, stanza, or structure in any literary work.
Repetition
300
A character which stays the same throughout a story.
Static character
300
A reference to a work of literature or to well known historical event, person, or place.
Allusions
400
The action which occurs before the climax.
Rising action
400
Conversation or speech among two or more characters.
Dialogue
400
A scene in a story or play that interrupts the present action to tell about events which occurred in the past.
Flashback
400
A figure of speech in which something non human is given human qualities.
Personification
400
The person who opposes the protagonist.
Antagonist
500
The solution to the climax.
Resolution
500
Characters stand for something other than themselves, usually some abstract quality.
Allegory
500
The writer tells us explicitly what kind of person the character is.
Direct characterization
500
The explicit meaning of a word, as listed in the dictionary.
Denotation
500
The hero or central character in a literary work.
Protagonist
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