Literary Elements Review

A character changes over the course of a story

Plot Point: This is when the results of the conflict begin to appear

What is a theme?

A direct comparison between two unlike things

Plot Point: This is when the central conflict is solved

The way the story makes you, the reader, feel

When an author uses sensory details in a description

the author's attitude toward a certain subject or topic

This character opposes the protagonist

This type of irony is when the opposite of what is expected happens.

A character that has many traits

Plot Point: This is when characters, setting, and conflicts are introduced

When non-human things are given human like characteristics

Plot Point: This is when the conflict or tension decreases

When an object or action represents a larger idea

An extreme exaggeration

A thematic topic is one word

This type of irony is when the audience or reader knows something a character does not

This type of irony is when the speaker means the opposite of what they say, such as sarcasm.

Plot Point: This is the point of greatest tension in a narrative

This is the main character of a story

The repetition of consonant sounds

Making a comparison using like or as

This character does not change over time

When an author makes a reference to another literary work

A character that has very few traits