Literature Review

Making fun of another's work by imitating it

A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about the story

The insight about life that is revealed in a literary work

the central character in a story who drives the action

What is the falling action?

An unknown narrator focuses on one character

A character thinks one thing is true, but the reader knows better

Complex personalities; like real people

Beginning of a story when vital information is given

Crisis or turning point of a story

Someone says one thing is true, but the reader knows better, when someone says the opposite

One character tels the story, using the pronoun "I"

Language that appeals to one or more of your senses

Conclusion of the story

Characters having only one or two personality traits

Writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions

The time and location that the story takes place

A discrepancy between what happens and what should happen

a reference to a famous person, place, or thing

Hints or clues to suggest what will happen later

Relating to an event that happened at an earlier time

"All-knowing" author, reveals things about all of the characters

The opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero

A person, place, or thing that stands for something else

Actions, or complications, before the crisis