| A | B |
|---|
| character | person/people or animal in a story |
| direct characterization | TELLS the reader what the characters like |
| indirect characterization | SHOWS you what the characters like |
| protagonist | main character |
| antagonist | character or force that comes into conflict with the protagonist |
| static character | character who stays the same |
| dynamic character | character who changes in a SIGNIFICANT way |
| conflict | a problem a character faces |
| internal conflict | a problem WITHIN a character; person vs. self |
| external conflict | outside (exterior); a problem between a character and an OUTSIDE force |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| irony | a literary technique that involves surprising, interesting or amusing contradictions |
| verbal irony | words used to suggest the opposite of their meaning |
| dramatic irony | the audience knows more than the characters |
| situational irony | surprising event |
| mood | a feeling that a literary work conveys to readers |
| theme | a central idea or "truth" that a work of literature expresses; a comment (observation) that a work of literature makes on the human condition |
| tone | writer's attitude toward his/her subject or the narrator |
| plot | the order (sequence) of events in a literary work |
| exposition | introduces the characters, setting, conflict |
| rising action | develops the exposition |
| climax | high point of interest, turning point, generally occurs near the end |
| falling action | events after the climax |
| resolution/denouement | all problems are resolved |
| symbol | something that represents something else |
