Literary Terms Unit 1

The action that comes after the climax and before the resolution.

The part of the story which the audience is given the needed information (character, setting)

The process of revealing a character through indirect methods and direct methods.

The ordered structure, or sequence of event in a story.

The main character in opposition to the hero or protagonist of a narrative or drama 

The conversation between two or more characters.

A person, animal, or other being in a story, play or other literary work.

The most important character, usually the hero, in a play or story.

The central idea or thesis of a piece of work.

The time and place in which the main story events occur

Collective grouping of literary works

an expressed comparison between two unlike objects, usually using the words like or as