English 9 - Lit Terms #1

a character or force in conflict with a main character or protagonist

• antagonist

• protagonist

• fallacy

• tragic hero

main character or hero of story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• plot

• hubris

incorrect reasoning that renders arguments logically unsound

• fallacy

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• motif

a character struggles with his or her own opposing desire, beliefs, or needs (man vs. self)

• internal coflict

• external confict

• irony

• in medias res

a character struggles against an outside force (man vs. man, nature, society)

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• exposition

• mood

the struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story

• conflict

• motif

• hubirs

• irony

recurring subject, word, action, idea, etc.

• moitf

• metaphor

• mood

• in medias res

excessive pride or vaulting ambition

• hubris

• in medias res

• irony

• metaphor

in the middle of things

• in medas res

• irony

• colloqualism

• plot

a difference between appearances and reality.

• irony

• in medias res

• satire

• tragedy