ELA Literary Terms

Sequence of events in a narrative.

The character uses who is part of the action, uses the pronouns I, me, and my.

A character or a force that is in conflict with the protagonist.

A full length work of fiction (a hundred pages or more), usually divided into chapters .

Less important characters who are not the focus of attention.

Smaller stories that add complexity to the MAIN plot.

Character with only one or two personality traits.

When the writer makes direct statements that tell you what a character is like.

A fully developed character with many personality traits.

Perspective from which a literary work is told.

Most important character in a narrative.

The writer hints at what a character is like through a variety of methods.

Interruption of chronological order of a narrative to show event happened at an earlier time.

The narrator is someone outside the action who uses character names or pronouns, he, she, they.

The main character in a narrative.

Character who does not change over the course of a narrative.

Character who changes over the course of a narrative.