| characterization | | the point of maximum interest (also climax) |
| dynamiccharacter | | characters who change little, if any |
| genre | | type of literature in which ideas and feelings are expressed in compact, imaginative, and musical language |
| causeandeffect | | perspective |
| nonfiction | | a short entertaining account about a person or an event |
| staticcharacter | | struggle between opposing forces |
| firstperson | | techniques that writers use to create and develope characters |
| authorspurpose | | prose writing that tells and imaginary story |
| minorcharacter | | a person, an animal, or an imaginary creature that takes part in the action of a literary work |
| poetry | | a type or category of literature |
| short story | | loose ends are tied up and the story is brought to a close |
| climax | | a major person or creature that takes place in literary work |
| plot | | complex or intricate feature or element |
| novella | | writing that tells about real people, places, and events |
| thirdpersonomniscient | | introduces the characters and establishes the main idea |
| conflict | | a brief work of fiction that can usually be read in a single sitting |
| thirdpersonlimited | | when the narrator tells us what one character thinks, feels, and observes. |
| resolution | | a work of fiction that is longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel |
| maincharacter | | first - person pronouns : I, me, mine, my |
| turningpoint | | work of fiction that is longer and more complex than a short story |
| character | | characters that change significantly |
| prose | | his or her reason for creating a particular work |
| complications | | when one event brings about the other |
| fiction | | sequence of related events that make up a story |
| point of view | | people or creatures in literary works of lesser importance |
| exposition | | when the conflict is resolved and the outcome of the plot becomes clear |
| novel | | (all knowing) allows the observer to relate the thoughts and feelings of the story's characters |
| anecdote | | language that lacks the special features of poetry |