Literary Elements Vocabulary

a character who changes or grows during the course of the work

a point of view in which an outside narrator uses pronouns such as "he" and "she"

a point of view told by a character who uses the pronoun "I"

the act of creating and developing character

a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work

time and place of action in a story

part of plot that introduces the conflict; longest part of the plot

the author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story; creates suspense.

a one-sided and often stereotypical character

a reason that explains or partially explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, speech

a fully developed character who exhibits many traits

anything that stands for or represents something else

a conversation between characters; usually set off by quotation marks.

story is narrated by a specific person's point of view; knows everything about that character

a type of conflict that takes place in the mind of a character.

a contradiction between what happens and what is expected

the writer's attitude toward his/her subject

the sequence of events in which one event results from a previous one and cause the next

narrated by the author as if he is a spectator of events; only reports what can be seen/heard.

a point of view where the narrator relates the inner thoughts/feelings of only one character

a character who does not change during a story

the main character in a literary work

turning point or high point of interest in the plot

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

the conclusion of plot

a character or force in conflict with the main character

a character struggles against some outside force, such as another person or force in nature

a point of view where the narrator knows and tells about what each character feels and thinks

the perspective or vantage point from which the story is told

a struggle between opposing forces in a story

a central message in a literary work; can be expressed as a general statement about life

a scene in a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events from the past

the part of plot where the conflict eases and the story works to the ending

the beginning of plot that introduces characters and settings

a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work