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| the introduction to a story, including the primary characters' names, setting, mood, and time. |
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| the event that sets the main character or characters on the journey that will occupy them throughout the narrative. |
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| the second of six essential plot elements, which comes right after the opening of a story, otherwise known as the exposition. |
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| the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination |
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| the period after the dramatic confrontation of the climax. |
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| an important idea that is woven throughout a story |
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| a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. |
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| the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text. |
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| a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one. |
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| be a warning or indication of (a future event). |
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| a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using like or as |
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| a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
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| the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
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| the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. |
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| a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g. faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ). |
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| a literary device designed to illustrate or reveal information, traits, values, or motivations of one character through the comparison and contrast of another character. |
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| a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. |
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| is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience |
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| a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program |
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| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play. |
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| a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition. |
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| a literary device by which the audience's or reader's understanding of events or individuals in a work surpasses that of its characters |
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| the irony of something happening that is very different to what was expected. |
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| a temporary state of mind or feeling. |
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| the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, |
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