Literary Terms 2

giving hints about what will happen in a story

Events after the climax

When the author interrupts the chronological order of events to show what happened in the past

events after the climax

conversation between two characters in a literary work

An interruption in a narrative to leap forward in time

Struggle between two individuals

a character has a struggle within himself (in his own mind)

Part of the plot in which theconflict increases and things get more complicated

The feeling a literary work createsin a reader such as sadness, peace, or joy

The struggle between two opposing forces

A symbol, image, or character type such as a hero on a dangerous quest

The larger-than-life centralcharacter in an epic poem 

a category or type of literature, defined by its style, form, and content 

the use of words to create pictures in a reader's mind

End of a story in which anyunanswered questions are typically answered

The larger than life central character

Pointat which the conflict begins or intensifies

writing or speech  that tells a story

Pointof greatest intensity or suspense in a story (usually the moment the conflictis decided)

A long narrative poem about eventsof crucial importance to the history of a culture or nation

writing or speech that tells a story

Struggle between a person and an element of nature

Conflict between what a person wants to do and what society teaches or believes

Part of the plot that introduces characters, background information, and tells the setting 

the reason the author writes

Conflict in which a character must make a decision to overcome some fear

A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the author

Authors attitude toward a subject matter or audience

Thesequence of events in a short story, novel, or drama

the dominant mood or feeling of a literary work

A character struggles against an outside force

Theperson who tells a story; may be part of the story or an outside observer

A person struggles against destiny