| A | B |
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| Novel | a long work of fiction |
| Folk Tale | a story that was composed orally and then passed from person to person by word of mouth |
| Parable | a short tale that illustrates a universal truth |
| Characterization | the act of creating and developing a character in a literary work |
| Protagonist | the main character is a literary work |
| Antagonist | a character or force in conflist with the main character in a literary work |
| Round Character | a character in a literary work who is fully developed |
| Static Character | a character in a literary work who does not change in the course of the story |
| Conflict | a struggle between opposing forces in a literary work |
| Symbol | anything that stands for or represents something else |
