Literary Term

the ordinary form of written or spoken language; with division of fiction and non-fiction

prose writing that is produced by the imagination

a sequence of events in a literary work

the time and place of events in a literary work

an individual presented in a literary work

a statement or underlying message about life that the author makes through a literary work

a struggle between opposing forces

a brief work of prose fiction

writing that explores unexpected possibilities of science and technology

the use of hints or clues that suggest what is to come

the quality of a literary work that makes reader uncertain about the outcome of events

the method of narration or perspective from which the story is written

a character narrates the story in his or her own words (I, me)

a narrator outside the story tells the story but only tells what one character thinks, feels, etc.

an allknowing narrator with unlimited knowledge tells the story