Literary Terms

1. a character or force in a literary work that is in conflict with a main character or protagonist.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• character

• setting

1. an individual that takes part in the action of a literary work.

• character

• antagonist

• protagonist

• mood

1. the act of creating or describing a character.

• tone

• setting

• foreshadowing

• characterization

the writer unfolds events in order in which they occurred.

• chronological order

• setting

• tone

• mood

1.  a struggle between two forces in a literary work.

• plot

• motivation

• conflict

• fiction

any work of prose that tells an invented or imaginary story.

• nonfiction

• tone

• motivation

• fiction

1. interrupts the chronological sequence of a literary work and presents an event that occurred earlier.

• point of view

• novel

• plot

• flashback

1. the act of presenting hints to events that will occur later in the story

• protagonist

• fiction

• foreshadowing

• plot

1. the emotion created in the reader by part or all of a literary work.

• fiction

• theme

• tone

• mood

1. a force that moves a character to think, feel, or behave in a certain way.

• motivation

• short story

• theme

• stated theme