Literary Terms

a character is amusing or evil or dull

• climax

• direct characterization

• biography

• allusion

a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

• essay

• biography

• analogy

• fable

the main character in a work of literature

• antagonist

• climax

• tragedy

• dialect

the overall mood or feeling of a work of literature

• denotation

• comedy

• climax

• atmosphere

does not change much in the course of a story

• fiction

• fable

• static character

• epilogue

changes as a result of a story's ending

• diction

• personal essay

• biography

• dynamic character

a person's account of his or her own life or part of it

• autobiography

• chronological order

• epilogue

• exposition

a brief story told to illustrate a point

• exaggeration

• dialect

• tragedy

• anecdote

a person or an animal in a story, a play, or another literary work

• character

• fiction

• description

• biography

the overall mood or feeling of a work of literature

• conflict

• atmosphere

• denotation

• diction