Literature Vocabulary Crossword

the basic framework of a literary work, the principels and the patterns on which it is organized
the sequence of events leading to a resolution that is designed to reveal aspects of characters
a subsidiary story that that parallels or contrasts with the main one
a story or telling of a story or an account of a situation or event
the telling or act of telling a story whether in prose of in verses and the meaning by which the telling is accomplished
the vantage point from which a narrative is told
speaker or narrator seems to be relating information first hand
presents a narrator with a much broader view and, usually an objective perspective on characters and events
narrator can enter the consciousness of any characters, evalute motifs and explain feelings
narrator describes events only from the perspective and understanding of one or sometimes a select few characters
the time and place in which the events in a work occur
the central idea convoyed by a literary work either directly or implicitly
the techniques by which an author of a work of fiction, drama, or narrative poetry represents the moral, intellectual, and emotional natures of the characters
originally applied only to drama now often applied to fiction
the main character in a work of drama, fiction, or a narrative poetry
a character who opposses the protagonists goals and so creates the major conflict in the work
a character who contrasts with the protagonist in ways that bring out certain of his or her moral, emtional, or intellectual qualities
choices about speeding up or slowing down parts of the story deal with the pacing an author conveys
a brief interruption during which the character or narrator reflects a minor point that seizes his attention
beginning the narration not in chronological order with the first event in the plot but at some later point
the obligation of the author to go back in the story and fill in the essential background information, especially necessary when an author begins the story in medias res
"flashback" the dramatization of scenes set earlier in the story
"flash forward" the dramatization of scenes set later in the story
a chronological gap indicating that material has been omitted