literary terms

A character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs, it happens within them, and it drives their development as a character

• internal

• external

• protagonist

• antagonist

a character against something or someone beyond their control. external forces stand in the way of a characters motivations and create tension as the character tries to reach their goals

• theme

• internal

• epiphany

• external

when you the reader become part of the story, uncommon and usually a no-no when writing short stories

• second person

• antagonist

• direct characterization

• dramatic irony

trying to accomplish something important

• protagonist

• tone

• shift

• antagonist

told from the perspective of an outsider, total outsider who does not try to persuade

• second person

• external

• third person limited

• third person objective

told from narrators perspective, narrator is also all knowing

• third person objective

• first person

• situational irony

• third person omniscient

rather than all knowing usually one sometimes a few, characters internal thoughts are known

• third person omniscient

• third person limited

• internal

• second person

conversation between to or more characters

• epiphany

• inference

• dialogue

• direct characterization

a character who contrasts with another character,in order to better highlight or differentiate certain qualities of the protagonist

• FOIL

• antagonist

• internal

• theme

image of thing that stands for something else

• FOIL

• motif

• symbol

• indirect characterization