2022 Final Exam Lit Terms

be a warning or indication of (a future event).

the end of the story.

the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view.

an untrustworthy storyteller, most often used in narratives with a first-person point of view.

conflict between the main character and any external force.

a type of literary device that reveals details about a character without stating them explicitly

the section of a story that leads toward its climax.

a type of character who remains largely the same throughout the course of the storyline

a character in a drama or fiction that represents a type and that is recognizable as belonging to a certain genre

a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory.

one who learns a lesson or changes as a person (either for better or for worse).

the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.

a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.

the leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.

the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.

is a symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story.

when a character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs.

The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells the reader what the character is like.

characters as described by the course of their development in a work of literature.

an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next

two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of work.