Literature Terms

When the audience has information that the characters don't have

The part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing the outcome of the story.

When the actual outcome of a situation is the opposite of someone's expectations.

Lit. that is diff. than prose because it emphasizes the "line".

a person in a literary work

Literature about real people and real events

Literature in which the characters and events are invented

Written conversation between characters

The point of greatest intensity in a piece of literature

The action that follows the climax

A character or force that opposes the protagonist

The struggle between opposing forces

The sequence of events in a piece of literature

The all-knowing point of view of a story

A diff. between appearance & reality or what is expected & what really happens

A long poem that traces the adventures of a hero.

The introduction of information at the beginning of a piece of literature.

A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.

the use of clues to prepare the reader for what will happen later in the story

The relationship of the narrator to the story

the time and place in which the events of a story take place

When a person says one thing but means another

Literature intended to be performed on stage

A book length fictional prose narrative

The person who tells the story

When the narrator of a story is a character in the story

The central person/thing in a piece of literature.

Giving human characteristics to non-human things

A category of literary work characterized by a particular form or style

a brief fictitional narrative written in prose

The central message of a story, poem or play is called...

A figure of speech made up of two contrasting terms

Complications to the plot develop, and increase reader interest

a short work of non-fiction on a single subject