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| time & place of a story or play |
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| person in a story or play |
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| procces of revealing the character personalty |
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| indirect characterization |
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| the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through the character's speech, actions, appearance, etc. |
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| the process by which the personality of a fictitious character is revealed by the use of descriptive adjectives, phrases, or epithets. |
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| `a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop. |
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| an easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author. |
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| a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author. |
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| the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus. |
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| the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work |
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| a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary |
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| Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story |
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| incompatibility or interference, as of one idea, desire, event, or activity with another: a conflict in the schedule |
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| literary device in which an author hints certain plot developments that perhaps will come later in the story |
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| a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work. |
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| a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor. |
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| a subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic: The need for world peace was the theme of the meeting |
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| a particular quality, way of sounding, modulation, or intonation of the voice as expressive of some meaning, feeling, spirit, etc.: a tone of command |
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| considering or dealing with overall characteristics, universal aspects, or important elements, especially without considering all details or specific aspects: general instructions; a general description; a general resemblance one to another |
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| the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. |
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| the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend. |
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| a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety |
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| a literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closer correspondence to the patterns of everyday speech |
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| language that describes something as better or worse than it really is |
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| a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings |
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| something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is actually true or possible |
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| an idea or quality that a word makes you think about in addition to its meaning |
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| the meaning of a word or phrase |
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| the clearness of a person's speech |
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| language that causes people to imagine pictures in their mind |
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| A figure of speech in which things that are different are compared by the use of the words like or as |
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| A figure of speech in which things that are different are compared by the use of the words like or as |
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| a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar |
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| a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar |
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| 1st person uses I as the narrator. Everything is told through the narrator's eyes and words |
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| THIRD-PERSON NARRATION: Any story told in the grammatical third person, i.e. without using "I" or "we |
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