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| Question | Answer |
| Allusion | A reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, etc. |
| Catharsis | When a character experiences an emotional cleansing |
| Characterization | The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. This can be done by describing the character's thoughts, feelings, speech and actions, revealing the reactions of other characters. |
| dynamic character | changes in an important way as a result of the conflict. |
| Protagonist | The main character (hero) who opposes one or more forces in a story. |
| Antagonist | The character or force that comes into conflict with the protagonist. |
| Conflict | A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces or emotions. |
| External conflict | Occurs when a character struggles against some outside force. |
| Internal conflict | Occurs when a character struggles with emotions, needs or desires within himself. |
| Flashback | When the author interrupts the action of the story in order to recreate a scene from an earlier time. |
| Foreshadowing | The use of clues to hint at what is going to happen later in the plot. |
| Imagery | Language that appeals to the senses. |
| Irony | A contrast between expectation and reality - between what is said and what is really meant, between what is expected and what really happens, or between what appears to be true and what really is true. |
| Dramatic Irony | When the audience knows something a character does not know |
| Metaphor | A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things. |
| Mood | The overall atmosphere or feeling of a story. |
| Personification | A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human. |
| Plot | The series of events that make up a story. |
| Exposition | Introduces the characters, setting, and background information |
| Narrative Hook | The conflict that drives the plot forward |
| Rising Action | The events that occur as the result of the narrative hook |
| Climax | The turning point |
| Falling Action | The events that occur as the result of the climax |
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