The process by which the author reveals the personality of the character

These characters have well-rounded, many sided, and complex personalities

two-dimensional in that they are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work

A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action

a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change; a character who does not grow or develop.

The author directly states a character's traits

We find out about characters indirectly through thoughts, comments, or actions of characters

opposition between or among characters or forces in a literary work that spurs or motivates the action of a plot

A struggle between a character and an outside force

A struggle with one's self: a person must make some decision, overcome pain, quiet his/her temper, resist an argument, etc.

the use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

Discrepancy between what a speaker or writer says and what he/she actually means or believes to be true

The arrangement and relation of events in a narrative work that provide a framework for the author's message or theme as well as other elements like symbol and conflict

a character in the story is actually telling the story himself/herself

the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work

The narrator can share only what he/she knows and nothing else

The time and place of a story. Can include weather, social conditions, mood and atmosphere

An author uses an object or reference to add deeper meaning into a story.

Word choice intended to convey a certain effect

Conversation between two or more characters

The atmosphere of the literary work intended to evoke a certain emotion or feeling from the reader or audience

The attitude a writer takes toward a subject: serious, humorous, sarcastic, ironic, objective, etc

The main idea or meaning of a work. It is often some sort of insight on human life or experience

One character has some sort of struggle with another character: can be physical (actual fight) or emotional (love triangle)

The character struggles with animals, weather, or hunger

The character struggles against ideas, practices or customs of other people

The character struggles with himself/herself: with his/her own soul, ideas of right or wrong, physical limitations, choices, etc

The character struggles with ghosts, monsters, or things not of this world

the main character in a literary work

A character or force in conflict with the main character

an original model on which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing

the vantage point from which a story is told

the narrator addresses the reader directly using the pronoun "you"

When a narrator is an outsider or third person who merely relates facts without recording the thoughts and feelings of characters.

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

A comparison without using like or as

A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.

A comparison using "like" or "as"

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

The dictionary definition of a word

All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in a story to depict something that happened at an earlier time

A contrast between expectation and reality