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| The overstationg of an idea. Authors use it to emphasize meaning meaning or to create humor. |
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Tells of a conversation or event that happened before the story began |
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| The use of hints that piont to future stroy events. It is one way an author creates suspense. |
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| Sets the tone, establishes the setting, introduces the characters, and gives important background imformation. |
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| The contrast or contradiction of what is expected and what acually happens. |
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The reason a character acts and thinks the way they do. |
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| The sequence or related events that make up a story. |
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| The perspective from which a story is told. |
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It is usually the main character in a story. Normally, the reader sympathizes with or at least understands it. |
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| It is a literary technique used to criticize or ridicule ideas, customs, behaviors or institutions. Because people tend to react angrily if criticized direcly, a person criticizes his or her subject in an indirect way. |
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| an opinion about whether a person, group, or idea is good or bad, which influences how you deal with it. |
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