| A | B |
|---|
| protagonist | the main character in a literary work |
| antagonist | a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another character |
| fiction | a made up story |
| first person | when the speaker refers to himself as "I" |
| third person limited | a point of view in which the narrator reveals the thoughts of only one single character |
| third person omniscient | a point of view in which the narrator reveals the thoughts of all characters equally |
| flat character | a character whose personality traits can be defined in one or two words; doesn't change, fairly uncomplicated |
| foil | character whose personality and attitude is opposite to another's personality/attitude; often makes the opposite character's traits stand out |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| theme | the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work |
