Short Story Unit Review: Lit Terms

A central idea of a work of literature.

A literary style used to make fun of or ridicule an idea or human vice or weakness.

The vantage point from which a writer narrates, or tells, a story.

The action in a literary work that follows the climax.

A struggle between opposing forces or characters.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"

A scene that interrupts the present action and goes back to events that happened earlier.

Revealing the personality of a character.

Giving non-living objects living characteristics.

Authors tell, rather than show, readers what a character is like

Clues that hint at events that will occur later in the story.

A person, place, thing, or event that stands for both itself and something beyond itself.

The character who is considered the "enemy" in a work of fiction.

This type of character remains unchanged throughout a story.

The part of the plot that introduces the characters, setting, and conflict