Unit 6: The Unexpected

A contrast between what a reader/character expects to happen versus what actually does

• Characters

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

The main character; the one involved in the main conflict

• Static Character

• Protagonist

• Theme

• Antagonist

The vantage point of narration in a piece of literature

• Point of View

• Theme

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person

When someone says something but means another

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

• Narrative POV

• Verbal Irony

When the outside narrator only knows what one character feels, thinks, or observes

• 1st Person POV

• 3rd Person POV

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

A character or force in opposition to the main character

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Conflict

• Dynamic Character

A character who goes through important internal changes as the story unfolds

• Antagonist

• Dynamic Character

• Static Character

• Protagonist

A universal life message a reader learns from a piece of literature

• Theme

• Conflict

• Dramatic Irony

• Point of View

Individuals who participate in the action of the story

• Readers

• Author

• Point of View

• Characters

When the reader/character knows something major that another character does not know

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• 3rd Person Omniscient