Literary Terms

4. Type of conflict, A struggle between a character and an outside force
7. point of view,The narrator primarily shows the feelings or thoughts of one character
10. Type of irony, A speaker says one thing, but means the opposite. Sarcasm.
11. point of view, the narrator addresses the reader directly using the pronoun "you"
13. Type of irony, The audience knows something that a character does not.
14. the sequence of events in a literary work
16. Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
19. A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
20. Type of conflict, A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character
21. point of view, the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work

1. point of view,The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears. This narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can't tell us the thoughts of the characters.
2. the main character, the central focus in a literary work, that drives the story forward
3. Type of irony, An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected
5. a writer of a book, article, or report.
6. The time and place of a story
8. Central idea, or message, of a work of literature
9. End of the story where loose ends are tied up
12. the turning point of the story
15. point of view, Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns "I" and We"
17. The character or thing who gets in the way of the protagonist. This will often cause conflict in the story
18. Events leading up to the climax