| A | B |
|---|
| antagonist | the opponent of the protagonist (main character) |
| archetype | a very typical example of a certain person or thing |
| character | people or animals in a piece of literature |
| dialect | type of informal diction (i.e. southern dialect) |
| dialogue | verbal exchanges between characters |
| epiphany | when a character suddenly has a deep realization about something |
| foil | a character whose behavioral values contrast with another character's (i.e. Rab) |
| hero | a person who is admired or idealized for courage |
| jargon | special words or expressions |
| motivation | the reason one acts or behaves in a certain way |
| narrator | the person that is telling the story |
| point of view | the perspective from which a story is told |
| first person point of view | narrator is one of the characters and the reader sees the story only through the eyes of the narrator (i.e. "I, me and we") |
| third-person omniscient | all knowing point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and can see into their minds. |
| third-person limited | the narrator brings us into the mind of only one character. |
| round character | the character has multiple sides (i.e. good and bad) |
| flat character | the character has only one side (i.e. Dove is a bully throughout Johnny Tremain) |
| static character | stays the same |
| dynamic character | the character goes through changes throughout the story. |
| protagonist | main character of a narrative |
