1. Elements of Literature

2. Character Protagonist – the main character Antagonist
– works against the main character
Round Character
– has many character traits
Flat Character
– has only one character trait

3. Dynamic Character
– changes during the story
Static Character
– never changes

4. Characterization Direct
– the author states directly what a character is like
Indirect
– the author gives clues about a character

5. Conflict – a struggle between opposing forces
External
- man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society
Internal
– man vs. self

6. Foreshadowing – hints about what is going to happen later in a story

7. Irony Situational Irony – the opposite of what you expect to happen
Dramatic Irony
- the audience knows something that the characters don’t know
Verbal Irony
– the speaker says one thing but means another

8. Mood – the emotion of the story

9. Narrator First-Person Narrator
– the narrator is a character in the story
Third-Person Narrator
–the narrator is not a character in the story

10. Plot – the series of events
Exposition
– the beginning; you learn setting, characters, and background
Rising Action
Climax
– turning point
Falling Action
Resolution
– the end; problems are resolved

11. Setting – time, place, and weather

12. Suspense – the quality of a story that makes you want to know what happens next

13. Symbol – something that stands for itself and something beyond itself

14. Theme – the central idea or insight of a work of literature

15. Tone – the author’s attitude toward the subject