Short Story Terms and Literary Devices

When the audience knows something that one or more of the characters in the story do not.

The underlying message of a written work that reflects a certain outlook or lesson on life?

main character or most important character in the story

A type of character develops and grows during the course of the story?

The giving of clues about how the plot is going to develop is called?

The time and location of a story is called?

The contrast or difference between what is SAID and what is MEANT.

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as.

conflict in which a struggle occurs within a character

character who opposes the main character

A series of events that builds from the setting and conflict and leads to the climax is called?

An object or thing that represents or stands for something else is called a?

The sequence of events in a story are called?

A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as."

A struggle between opposing forces.