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| the character who works against the protagonist in the story |
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| the problem or problems characters face in a literary work |
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| something implied or suggested |
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| how the reader learns about a character through what he does, says, or what the narrator or another character says about them |
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| the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression |
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| The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story |
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| events after the climax, leading to the resolution |
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| Writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and personification |
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| witty language used to convey insults or scorn |
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| a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity |
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| the overall emotion created by a work of literature |
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| the main character, who must overcome obstacles and resolve the conflict |
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| the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax |
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| a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as') |
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| something that stands for itself at a literal level but which also suggests something (or several things) at the same time; frequently a concrete object or animal that represents a quality or abstract idea |
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| The main idea or meaning of a text. Often, this is an insight about human life revealed in a literary work |
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| American literary movement of 19th century. Believed that intuition and the individual conscience transcend experience and thus are better guides to truth than are sense and logical reason |
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| A concise statement containing general truths or observations about life. (Ralph Waldo Emerson famous for this style) |
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| Repetition of grammatical structure |
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| the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly |
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| (in art and literature) a style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail |
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