a very typical example of a certain character or story structure

a character who serves as contrast to another character; points out specific traits

a protagonist with a fatal flaw that eventually leads to his demise/ downfall

Attitude the writer takes toward the audience, subject, or character

Visually descriptive language or figurative language, especially in a literary work

opening that prepares the reader for the story

A writer's/ speaker's choice of words

The reader knows something that a character(s) in the story does not know.

How the reader feels about the text/media while reading/viewing

Drama where the hero loses or dies.

A release of emotional tension by the audience; purpose of drama

Clues or hints about what will happen later in the story; creates suspense

Opposites side by side to emphasize contrast.

an event that causes an important change or reversal of fortune (the "ordeal")

Conversation between characters (or an inner voice) that drives the action of the play

This is a 14 line love poem that ends in a rhyming couplet

Literary art from that recreates human life and emotions (comedies, tragedies, histories)

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear together (jumbo shirmp)

Language that cannot be taken literally (simile, metaphor, personification, idiom...)