Basic Literary Terms

3. only reveals the thoughts and feelings of one (or possibly a limited few) character(s)
4. a fictional representation of a person (or animal)
7. are usually main characters and are fully developed so that the reader can understand their personality and motivations.
8. the scene which presents the story's decisive action
9. does not reveal anyone's thoughts and provides the sort of external, objective information that a camera (or an objective reporter) might record.
11. the outcome of the story--the information that ties up all (or many) of the story's loose ends
13. the angle from which a story is told
14. a story with two parallel and consistent levels of meaning
15. the way a writer selects and arranges words to express ideas
16. Basic elements are exposition, crisis, climax, resolution or denouement
17. the peak in the story's action--the moment of highest dramatic tension
18. narrators are not actually characters in the story
19. the narrator uses "I" to tell his or her story
21. An extended narrative in prose
22. is a character who serves to contrast with another character
23. the historical, physical, geographical, and psychological location where a fictional work takes place

1. a person, object, action, place, or event that in addition to its literal or denotative meanings suggests a more complex meaning or range of meanings
2. can reveal the thoughts of all their characters
5. the attitude of the speaker or author of a work toward the subject matter
6. are usually minor characters who are barely developed or may be stereotypes.
10. the central or dominant idea of a work of fiction
12. A fictional narrative generally centering on one climactic event and usually developing only a single character in depth
20. the explanation of the story's premise and background material necessary for the reader to understand the story