a form of discourse in which reason is used to influence or change people's ideas or actions

a person or force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work

the central, unifying element of the story; the dominant impression or the universal, generic truth found in the story

the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work

a conversation between characters

a character who undergoes an important and basic change in personality or outlook

facts, documentation, or testimony used to strengthen a claim, support an argument, or reach a conclusion

all of the action that follows the turning point and leads to the resolution or conclusion

an event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally

a scene that interrupts the action to show an event that happened at an earlier time

the use of hints or clues in a narrative to suggest what action is to come and helps build suspense in a story because it suggests what is about to happen

a division or type or literature

a conclusion one draws (infers) based on evidence

the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

a fact or idea stated directly

a figure of speech comparing two unlike things without using like or as

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech

the pattern of action in a story

the vantage point from which a narrative is told

the main character that the story revolves around

the use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time (usually humorous)

events in the story that lead to a turning point in the action

the outcome of the conflict in a story

the time and place of the story

a character who remains the same throughout a narrative and does not develop or change beyond the way in which they are first presented

the framework of a work of literature; the organization or over-all design of a work

presenting in a condensed form; concise

quality of a literary work that makes the reader or audience uncertain or tense about the outcome of events

any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and that also stands for something much larger than it does, such as a quality, an attitude, a belief, or a value

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work

the quality of something that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author