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The author's feelings toward a character shown through diction and word choice
Tone
Plot
The central character in the story
Protagonist
How the reader feels after reading the story
Mood
Person point of view uses 'I' and 'we' when
narrating the piece
First Person Point of View
Central conflict begins and the minor conflicts that
lead up to the climax
rising action
Whatever or whoever is opposing the main
character in the conflict
antagonist
A character who contrasts with another character
(usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular
qualities of the other character
foil
Conflict concludes & loose ends are tied up
resolution
A character whose personality, thoughts, etc., do
not change throughout a story
Static
A comparison between two unlike objects or ideas
using like or as
simile
Man vs. man is an _____ conflict
external
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will
happen later in literature
foreshadowing
A comparison between two different ideas or
objects
metaphor
The type of irony in which the exact opposite of
what we would expect to happen to a character or
situation happens
situational
Third person ______ - is the point of view where
we can see into only one character's mind from the
narrator's standpoint.
limited
Language that is designed to evoke one of the five
senses
imagery
The type of irony in which the audience knows
something the characters do not.
Dramatic
Man vs.____, the character is in conflict with the
values, beliefs, or laws of the ____.
Society
The type of irony in which a character says
something opposite of what he/she means
Verbal
When two words that are opposites are right next
to each other
oxymoron
A figure of speech in which the author refers to a
piece of famous art, literature, or an important
historical person or event
Allusion
Third person ______ - 'god-like' point of view in
which we can see the thoughts and actions of every
character
omniscient
A phrase that includes two opposite ideas that
present a seeming impossibility. However, on closer
examination they seem to make a sort of sense
Paradox
Figure of speech that is an exaggeration or
overstatement
Hyperbole