| Term | Definition |
|---|
| is a symbolic symbol | Allegory |
| is a pattern in literature | Archetype |
| is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art | Allusion |
| is a character or force in conflict with the main character; or protagonist | Antagonist |
| is a person who takes part in the action of the literary work | Character |
| is one-sided and often stereotypical | Flat Character |
| is fully developed and exhibits many traits- often faults and virtues | Round Character |
| is one who changes or grows during the course of the work | Dynamic Character |
| is one who does not change | Static Character |
| is when a character experiences a major life changing moment | Epiphany |
| is prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events | Fiction |
| is writing about speech that is not meant to be taken literally | Figurative Language |
| is a section of a literary work that interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time | Flashback |
| is the use, in a literary work, of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur | Foreshadowing |
| is a figure of speech in which some aspect is totally exagerated | Hyperbole |
| is a figure of speech in which something is described s though it were something else | Metaphor |
| or atmosphere, is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage | Mood |
| is a reason that explains or partially explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech | Motivation |
| is prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events | Nonfiction |
| is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics | Personification |
| is the sequence of events in a literary work | Plot |
| introduces the setting | Exposition |
| is the perspective, or vantage point, from which the story is told | Point of View |
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