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Atmosphere

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is the mood or persistent feeling implied by a literary work. An author establishes atmosphere partly through description of setting and partly by the objects chosen to be described.

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Character

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- is a person, or any thing presented as a person (e. g., a spirit, object, animal, or natural force) in a literary work.

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Characterization

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- is the method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work: Methods may include (1) by what the character says about himself or herself; (2) by what others reveal about the character; and (3) by the character's own actions.

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Climax

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- the decisive moment in a drama, the climax is the turning point of the play to which the rising action leads. This is the crucial part of the drama, the part that determines the outcome of the conflict.

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Complication

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- is a complicating factor or occurrence as in the plot of a story or in the unfolding of events.

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Resolution

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the conflict resolves, the character learns a lesson

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Falling Action

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: near the end of the story when there is no more suspense

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Dialogue

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- is the conversation between characters in a drama or narrative. It moves the action along in a work and it also helps to characterize the personality of the speakers, which vary depending on their nationalities, jobs, social classes, and educations.

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Conflict

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- is the struggle within the plot between opposing forces. The protagonist engages in the conflict with the antagonist which may take the form of a character, society, nature, or an aspect of the protagonist's personality. (Three types are external, internal, and inter-personal)

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Fiction

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- is any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact. Characters and events in such narratives may be based in real life but their ultimate form and configuration is a creation of the author.

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Flashback

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- is action that interrupts to show an event that happened at an earlier time which is necessary to better understanding

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Foreshadowing

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- is the use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the piece.

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mood

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the feeling or emotion which the author hopes to inspire in you. A work may contain a mood of horror, mystery, holiness, or childlike simplicity, to name a few, depending on the author's treatment of the work. It is related to the atmosphere or feeling created by a literary work, partly by a description of the objects or by the style of the descriptions..

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Atmosphere

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-the feeling or emotion which the authors hopes to relate through description of setting.

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Plot

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is the structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. The structure of a five-act play often includes the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. The plot may have a protagonist who is opposed by antagonist, creating what is called, conflict. A plot may include flashback or it may include a subplot which is a mirror image of the main plot.

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Protagonist

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- is the hero or main character in a story, who acts against the antagonist. Although the protagonist is often the hero or heroin, they do not have to be heroic.

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Short Story

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- prose fiction that usually revolves around a single incident in a character's life. Short Stories usually have one turning point in the action or climax. The essential elements include setting, characters, conflict, and theme. The plot begins with an exposition (introduction to character, conflict, and complication, moves to a rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

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Setting

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- is the time, place, and culture in which the action of a narrative takes place. The elements of setting may include geographic location, characters' physical and mental environments, prevailing cultural attitudes, or the historical time in which the action takes place.

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Suspense

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A growing sense of tension or anxiety about what will happen next in the story. The point at which the reader is very curious as to what will happen next and wants to read on to see what will happen next.

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Theme

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: The main message or moral of the story. What message the author is trying to convey to the reader.

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Point of View .

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- is a way the events of a story are conveyed to the reader, it is the "vantage point" from which the narrative is passed from author to the reader. The point of view can vary from work to work, in first person - the narrator is telling things from his or her own perspective, or in the third person, telling things from the perspective of an onlooker

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Exposition

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Introduction to character, setting & conflict

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Complication

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: The complicating factor to the original conflict

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Rising Action:

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the increase of action and suspense leading up to the climax

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Essay

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: a short piece of prose usually expressing the point of view of the author on a particular topic.

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Climax

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the high point of the action

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Thesis:

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The position or opinion which the writer is trying to defend. It is usually found in the introductory paragraph—Usually the last sentence).

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Non-Fiction:

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any piece of prose writing that is not based on the imaginary; a true story.

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Formal

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: usually objective writing that deals with more serious ideas and topics

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Fiction:

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prose in which the characters and events are imaginary

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Subjective:

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writing that presents a particular viewpoint with support selected to support just that one viewpoint. The writing does not address any other points of view. This features use of the personal point of view ("I", "me").

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Informal

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: writing with the quality of everyday conversation and that shows a great deal of the author's personality. This features use of the personal point of view ("I", "me").

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Objective

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writing that presents factual information and a variety of viewpoints.

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