Short Story Terms and Literary Devices

main character or most important character in the story

conflict in which a struggle occurs within a character

The sequence of events in a story are called?

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

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

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

A struggle between opposing forces.

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

The time and location of a story is called?

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

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

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

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

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

character who opposes the main character