Keystone Review: FICTION

A person, animal or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work.

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

The time and place in which a story unfolds.

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. The structure often includes the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

A topic of discussion or work; a major idea broad enough to cover the entire scope of a literary work.

• Character

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

The genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage; a work to be performed by actors on stage, radio, or television; play.

• Short Story

• Novel

• Biography

• Drama

A struggle or clash between a character, opposing characters, forces, or emotions.

• Character

• Setting

• Conflict

• Theme

A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something.

• Character

• Setting

• Narrator

• Theme

An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before current (present) time of the story.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Irony

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits and personalities (e.g., direct, indirect).

• Setting

• Characterization

• Conflict

• World-building

An exaggeration or overstatement (e.g., I had to wait forever.)

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor