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| atmosphere | the mood or feeling that runs through a literary work |
| characterization | the personality of a character and method by which the author reveals that personality |
| character motivation | a feeling, idea, or goal that causes a character to act a certain way |
| climax | the turning point in a short story, novel, or play |
| external conflict | occurs when a character struggles with an outside force, such as nature, fate, or another person |
| internal conflict | takes place within a character's mind |
| dialogue | conversation between two characters in a literary work |
| episode | a self-contained incident within a short story |
| flashback | a scene or incident that breaks the normal time order of the plot to show an event that happened earlier |
| foreshadowing | the use of clues by a writer to prepare the reader for future developments |
| inference | a conclusion that can be drawn from the available information |
| plot | the sequence of events in a short story, novel, or play |
| resolution | the part of the plot that presents the final outcome |
| setting | the time and place in which a short story, novel, or play occurs |
| short story | a brief account in prose of fictional events |
| suspense | the reader's interest in the outcome of the literary work |
| theme | the underlying meaning, the central idea of a literary work |
| title | the name of a literary work |
| situational irony | occurs when the opposite of what the reader or character expects to happen happens |
| verbal irony | occurs when the opposite of what is said is the intended message; sacrcasm can be a form of verbal irony |
| dramatic irony | occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not |
| point of view | the relationship of the narrator, or storyteller, to the story |
| first person point of view | the story is told from the perspective of one of the characters within the literary work |
| third person limited point of view | the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character |
| omniscient point of view | the narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems |
