Literary Terminology pt. 1

a struggle between opposing forces

those who write ______ ask probing, analytical, questions about the works they read

the third part of plot, the point at which the action stops rising and begins falling

a brief indirect reference within a literary text to something outside the text

a character that serves as a contrast to another

exaggerated language

a significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens

a character or a nonhuman force that opposes or is in conflict with the protagonist.

based on actual historical people and events

a scene from the fictional future is inserted into the fictional present

a scene from the fictional past is inserted into the fictional present

figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared implicitly

an ancient type of short fiction illustrating a moral or satirizing human beings

use of figurative language to evoke a feeling, call to mind an idea, or describe an object.

a protagonist who is in one way or another the very opposite of a traditional hero

a form of understatement in which one negates the contrary of what one means

the presentation of a fictional personage

literary work in which characters, action, and setting signify a second order of concepts

choice of words

a type or category of works sharing particular formal or textual features and conventions