A
THE SOURCE OF CONFLICT FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER
ANTAGONIST
CONVERSATION BETWEEN CHARACTERS
DIALOGUE
LITERARY TECHNIQUES THAT INVOLVE SURPRISING, INTERESTING,, OR AMUSING CONTRADICTIONS; THE UNEXPECTED
IRONY
PLACE AND TIME IN WHICH A STORY TAKES PLACE
SETTING
REFERS TO THE ATMOSPHERE OR FEELING CONVEYED BY A WORK; THE WAY THE READER FEELS
MOOD
THE MAIN CHARACTER
PROTAGONIST
FORM OF LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY PEOPLE IN A PARTICULAR REGION OR GROUP
DIALECT
VOICE THROUGH WHICH AN AUTHOR TELLS A STORY
PERSONA
WRITER'S TYPICAL WAY OF WRITING
STYLE
CHARACTERS HAVE TO MAKE BIG DECISIONS
INTERNAL CONFLICT
PERSON, ANIMAL, OR IMAGINARY CREATURE IN A LITERARY WORK
CHARACTER
FLASHBACK
INTERRUPTS THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS TO RELATE AN EVENT FROM AN EARLIER TIME
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
PLOT
ANYTHING THAT STANDS FOR OR REPRESENTS SOMETHING ELSE OR SOMETHING ABSTRACT
SYMBOL
CONFLICT INVOLVES OUTSIDE FORCES EX. OTHER CHARACTERS, NATURE, COMMUNITY
EXTERNAL CONFLICT
STRUGGLE BETWEEN 2 OPPOSING FORCES
CONFLICT
FORESHADOWING
HINTS OR CLUES
LESS IMPORTANT SERIES OF EVENTS WITHIN THE MAIN
SUBPLOT
CENTRAL IDEA; MESSAGE IN A STORY
THEME
NARRATOR IS A CHARACTER IN THE STORY
1ST PERSON
CAUSES THE PLOT TO BECOME TENSE OR ENTANGLED AS A RESULT OF THE CONFLICT
COMPLICATION
GENRE
A DIVISION OR TYPE OF LITERATURE
PERSPECTIVE, OR VANTAGE POINT, FROM WHICH A STORY IS TOLD EX. 1ST, 2ND, 3RD
POINT OF VIEW
WRITER'S ATTITUDE
TONE
NARRATOR KNOWS THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF ALL THE CHARACTERS
3RD PERSON OMNISCIENT