Fiction Terms 2

character or force that blocks the main character

technique of stopping the chronological action in a story and shifting to an earlier period

the author tells the audience or reader about a character

a story's main idea or insight into life

a character who does not change much or at all during the course of a story

the moment right before the climax when the story's action can go either way 

a person, place, thing or event that has meaning in itself, but also stands for something more 

a character struggles with an inside force such as an emotion

the all-knowing narrator describes many characters' thoughts, feelings, and actions

a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known literature, etc.

the narrator is one of the character; the reader is told only what this character knows 

a character who is one dimensional and superficial; can be described in a single sentence

minor or additional story line that in some what should enhance, clarify, or parallel the main

a factor added to a story that gives the protagonist a new problem to deal with

what is said is the opposite of what is meant