Literary Analysis

a character who does not change from the beginning to the end of the story

• static character

• dynamic character

What is obvious or directly stated in the text/video

• Explicit

• Implicit

a character who goes through some kind of change from the beginning to the end of the story

• static character

• dynamic character

the author’s attitude, stated or implied

• tone

• mood

• irony

when the opposite of what you expect to happen actually happens

• irony

• mood

• tone

an implicit, original arguable statement that the writer can prove with evidence

• claim

• tone

• mood

• irony

the overall atmosphere/feeling in the story

• tone

• mood

• irony

Not obvious; implied; what the reader/viewer is thinking about the story

• Explicit

• Implicit

a hint of what is to come that a writer gives to the reader

• claim

• foreshadowing

• tone

• mood

when a concrete noun has a significance and represents something abstract

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• interence

• tone