a short musical narrative song or poem that usually recounts a single exciting or dramatic episode

a statement mostly based on limited knowledge about a large group of things, places, or people (ex: All women like to shop)

the struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story

a character struggles with his or her own opposing desire, beliefs, or needs

a character struggles against an outside force

set of facts or circumstances surrounding an event or a situation in a piece of literature

excessive pride or vaulting ambition

in the middle of things

a difference between appearances and reality

contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader in the audience knows to be true

when the actual outcome of a situation is the opposite of someone's expectation

words used to suggest the opposite of what is meant

comparison between two objects without using like or as

the feelings created by a literary work or passage

the series of related events in a story or play

introduces characters, conflict, and setting

suspense increases, learn more about the characters and conflict

turning point or main event of a story

suspense decreases, learn outcome or consequences of turning point

the end, loose ends are tied up

perspective from which the story is told

a writing that exposes and ridicules the flaws of people in society

time and place in which the action of the story occurs

comparison of two unlike things using like or as

an object, person, place, etc. that means more than what it is

a work of literature that tells of a catastrophe or great misfortune

central message of a work

hero's weakness which causes a downfall

main character who experiences a downfall

The main setting of The Interlopers is

An external conflict in The Interlopers is