Perry's Elements of Fiction Review

The use of words and phrases that appeal to the five senses

This character opposes the central character in some way.

A character that does NOT change throughout the story.

Occurs when facts are not known to the characters but are known by the audience.

The characters and setting are introduced here

Occurs when the speaker means something totally different that what he/she is saying.

The conflict is revealed here

Using something specific to represent something else, especially an idea.

The narrator is not a character in the story. The narrator is considered “all-knowing."

The person telling the story is one of the characters in the story

The use of words to create a sound

The author’s attitude or feeling about a subject

The events that make up a story

The author fully describes this type of character

Comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.

The main idea or message of a literary work.

This shows the effects of the climax and leads to the resolution.

The exaggeration of truth for emphasis or humor

The narrator is NOT one of the characters in the story but an outside observer

Very little information is provided about this type of character

The central character of the story.

A common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work.

Type of conflict between a character and him/herself

Type of conflict between a character and another character, nature, or society

A period of time in which the story is set.

Comparison between two unlike things NOT using “like” or “as.”

A character that changes throughout the story

Giving human traits to animals or objects.

The feeling the story conveys to the reader

An interruption to “look back in time” at a past event.

The difference between what is expected to happen and the way events actually work out.

A reference to something else (as in literature or history)