2020 Literary Terms

When an author describes a character by telling the audience exactly what the character is like

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• dynamic character

• static character

A struggle between the character and another person, society, nature, or technology

• resolution

• internal conflict

• turning point

• external conflict

A character who undergoes a significant internal change over the course of the story

• antagonist

• static character

• dynamic character

• protagonist

When an author describes a character by telling the audience what a character is like through his or her thoughts, actions, speech, and reactions

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• first person point of view

• third person point of view

A struggle within the character (character vs. self)

• turning point

• conflict

• internal conflict

• suspense

A character who does not undergo a significant change over the course of the story

• dynamic character

• static character

• antagonist

• protagonist

Clues or hints about something that is going to happen later in the story

• irony

• foreshadowing

• personification

• flashback

The opponent or enemy of the main character in a piece of literature

• protagonist

• antagonist

• dynamic character

• static character

The conversation between characters in a work of literature

• dialogue

• personification

• first person point of view

• third person point of view

The beginning of the story in which the characters, setting (time and place), and basic information are introduced

• plot

• resolution

• setting

• exposition