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A story that represents abstract ideas or moral qualities.
Has both a literal and symbolic symbol of meaning. |
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| The person or force that is in conflict with, or opposes, the protagonist. |
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| Attributing human qualities, emotions, and behavior to animals. |
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| The methods, incidents, speech, etc., an author uses to reveal the people in the book. |
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The struggle that moves the action forward in a work of literature.
Three types of Conflict (most books have all three): Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Himself. |
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| A meaning of a word that carries a suggested meaning different from the actual definition. |
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| Conversation between two or more characters. |
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| The use of hints or clues in a story to suggest what action is to come. |
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| The act of drawing a conclusion that is not actually stated by the author. |
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| A perception of inconsistency, sometimes humorous, in which the significance and understanding of a statement or event is changed by it's context. |
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| Third-person narration that allows the author to relate the thoughts and feelings of any of the characters in all-knowing manner. |
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| A figure of speech in which an object, abstract idea, or animal is given human characteristics. |
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| The pattern of events in a literary work; what happens. |
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| The position or vantage point, determined by the author, from which the story seems to come to the reader. |
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| The central or main character in a story around whom the plot centers. |
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| Using humor to expose sometime or someone to ridicule. |
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| When and where the story, play or novel takes place. |
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| A comparison between two different things using either like or as. |
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| The way an author chooses and uses words, phrases, and sentences to tell the story. |
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| An object, person, or place that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something larger than itself, usually an idea or concept; some concrete thing which represents an abstraction. |
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| The central or dominant idea behind the story. |
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| The atmosphere in a literary work or the attitude the author puts in a literary work. |
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| A serious work, usually a play, in which the main character experiences a defeat; brought about by a tragic flaw. |
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