literary elements

The main character of the story.

• character

• persona

• antagonist

• protagonist

A person, animal, or imaginary creature in a literary work.

• character

• antagonist

• protagonist

• character

a conversation between characters.

• dialect

• dialogue

• complication

• subplot

Causes a plot to become tense or entangled as a result of the conflict

• plot

• conflict

• foreshadowing

• complication

interrupts the sequence of events to relate an event from an earlier time

• foreshadowing

• complication

• flashback

• conflict

The source of conflict for the main character.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• character

• persona

Refers to the struggle between two opposing forces.

• conflict

• plot

• complication

• irony

the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• plot

• point of view

a division or type of literature.

• genre

• irony

• plot

• setting

the form of a language spoken by people in a particular region or group

• persona

• complication

• diction

• dialect