2. Literary Terms & Devices ELEMENTS OF FICTION

3.  A protagonist is considered to be the main character or lead figure in a novel, play, story, or poem. It may also be referred to as the "hero" of a work.  The protagonist does NOT have to be a “good guy.” PROTAGONIST

4.  A character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character, or protagonist, in some way. ANTAGONIST  The antagonist doesn’t necessarily have to be a person. It could be death, the devil, an illness, or any challenge that prevents the main character from living “happily ever after."  In fact, the antagonist could be a character of virtue in a literary work where the protagonist represents evil.

5.  The plan or storyline of a narrative (play, novel, short story, film, etc.). PLOT

6.  The background information. This introduction to the novel establishes the setting and describes the situation. PLOT: EXPOSITION

7.  In literature, the rising action comprises all the decisions, background circumstances, and character flaws that combine to create twists and turns toward a climax. This part tends to be dramatic and builds tension towards the climax. PLOT: RISING ACTION

8.  The point of highest tension in the novel. The protagonist and the antagonist finally come head to head and usually one will lose to the other. PLOT: CLIMAX

9.  This part of the plot reveals to us the consequences of the climax and all of the tension that had been building finally begins to ease. PLOT: FALLING ACTION

10.  The story’s central conflict/problem has finally been solved and the reader is (usually) left with a sense of completion. PLOT: RESOLUTION/DÉNOUEMENT

11.  An indication or hint of things yet to occur in the plot FORESHADOWING

12. 2nd Person 3rd Person 1 st Person POINT OF VIEW (POV)

13. THEME  The main idea or underlying meaning in a literary work.  It makes a statement about a subject or topic that appears in a work.

14. MORAL  The lesson or principle contained in or taught by a fable, a story, or an event.

15.  The development or creation of characters in a narrative  A dynamic character undergoes a fundamental change  * Whereas a static character remains the same  CHARACTERIZATION

16.  The twisting or foiling of expectations IRONY  Dramatic  Situational  Verbal

17. IMAGERY

18.  A direct comparison that uses like, as, similar to, as if, & resembles SIMILE

19.  Often uses is, was… METAPHOR

20. PERSONIFICATION Personification is giving human features to something that is not human.

21.  An extreme exaggeration HYPERBOLE

22.  A word that imitates the sound it describes ONOMATOPOEIA

23.  "Bitsy Big-Boy Boomeroo" in Dr. Seuss's The Butter Battle Book.  The repetition of consonant sounds. ALLITERATION  Assonance  Consonance