Literary Terms

2. Anything that stands for something else
5. Struggle between opposing forces
7. Conversation between characters that may reveal traits and/or advance the action
8. A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art
11. The act of creating and developing a character
13. The main character/the most important character in a story
14. Words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant
16. The sequence of events in a literary work
18. Contradiction between what a character thinks and what a reader or audience member knows
19. A type of character, detail, image, or situation that appears in literature throughout history
20. A difference between appearance and reality or expectation and result

1. Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur
2. A feeling of uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work
3. A character who provides a contrast to another character
4. When an event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, reader, or audience
6. Person/animal/imaginary creature that takes part in the action of a literary work
9. The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
10. The character who opposes the main character/protagonist
12. A central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work
15. When an author presents material that occurred earlier than the present tense of the narrative
17. A speaker or character who tells the story