Lit Terms Review

Character that develops and grows through the course of a story

• Flat

• Round

• Static

• Dynamic

A character who provides a contrast to another character

• Dynmaic

• Character

• Foil

• Antagonist

The most important character in a story

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Flat

• Round

Character that shows only one trait

• Flat

• Round

• Static

• Dynamic

Character that shows many different traits

• Flat

• Round

• Static

• Dynamic

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work/passage

• Tone

• Mood

• Irony

• Symbolism

Anything that stands for something else. It has its own meaning, but also represents an abstract idea.

• Symbolism

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Allusion

The use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur

• Symbolism

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Allusion

The type and amount of information the writer reveals

• Conflict

• Plot

• Point of View

• Character

All-knowing narrator (knows the thoughts and feelings of every character)

• Omniscient Point of View

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View