Literary Terms

What is a series of related events that make up a story of drama?

This type of character shows many traits - faults as well as virtues

The time and place of a story's action 

 A ________ is a speaker or character who tells a story

This type of character develops and grows during the course of the story 

When the reader knows more about what is going on than the narrator is an example of

Anything that stands for something else is called a 

Which type of conflict takes place between a character and an outside force?

The narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of only one character:

Who is the main character in a literary work?

What refers to the "speed" with which a narrator relates events?

The narrator is a character in the story and uses the pronouns "I" and "me" 

The order in which events occur is know as:

The narrator tells the thoughts and feeling of all characters

What is a character type that appears repeatedly in a particular genre?

When a writer gives you CLUES about a character, that is 

What kind of conflict takes place in the mind of a character?

What gives hints about what will happen later in the story?

What is a struggle between two opposing forces?

Part of the plot where the author introduces the setting and the characters 

What is the general feeling that a story conveys?

When a writer TELLS you what a character is like:

What is the "narrative perspective?" 

Which type of character does not change?

What is the central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work?

Which part of the plot sets up the story's ending?  (Things "wind down.")

The people or animals who take part in the action of a story 

A type of character that has only one trait shown 

What type of action includes events and complications that intensify the conflict?

The turning point of the story - the moment of highest tension or suspense 

How an author shows what a character is like is called 

Which part of the plot shows of the outcome of the conflict?

Who is a character in conflict with the main character?