A set of conflicts that constitute the part of a play's or story's plot leading up to the climax.
What is rising action?
200
The main character of a literary work
What is protagonist?
200
Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected
What is situational irony?
200
The selection of words in a literary work that are centrally important literary elements, as writers use words to convey action, reveal character, imply attitudes, identify themes, and suggest values
What is diction?
300
An imagined story, whether in prose, poetry, or drama
What is fiction?
300
The sorting out or unraveling of a plot at the end of a play, novel, or story.
What is resolution?
300
The time and place of a literary work that establish its context
What is setting?
300
The action following the climax of the work that moves it towards its resolution
What is falling action?
300
A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play, usually resolved by the end of the work
What is conflict?
400
The turning point of the action in the plot of a story or play.
What is Climax?
400
A comparison between unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as is
What is a metaphor?
400
The first stage of a fictional or dramatic plot, in which necessary background information is provided.
What is exposition?
400
The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities
What is personification?
400
Irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning
What is verbal irony?
500
A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with the main character
What is antagonist
500
Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play
What is dramatic irony?
500
A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature is allusion
What is allusion?
500
A protagonist who comes to a bad end as a result of his own behavior, usually caused by a specific personality disorder or character flaw is
What is tragic hero?
500
A central idea in a piece of writing or other work of art is