Fiction Terms for ENG 113
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| Protagonist | The main or central character of a story. Often the “hero”, but not necessarily sympathetic or likable.
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| Antagonist | The character that opposes the main character or keeps him/her from reaching goals.
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| Exposition | The opening portion of a narrative where the scene is set and the main character is introduced.
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| Conflict | The central struggle between two forces in a story.
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| Climax | The highest point of intensity in a story.
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| Conclusion | The part of the story following the climax where the plot is resolved.
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| Limited Omniscience | Point of view where the narrator know everything about some of the characters but not all.
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| Foreshadowing | An indication of event to come in the narrative.
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| Total Omniscience | Point of view where the narrator knows everything about the characters and events in the story.
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| Objective Point of View | Point of view where the narrator merely reports action but does not offer judgment or opinions about the events or characters.
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| Participant/First Person Narrator | Point of view where the narrator is also a character in the story. Often uses the “I” personal pronoun.
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| Observer | A first person narrator who is relatively detached from the action in the story.
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| Nonparticipant/Third Person Narrator | Point of view where the narrator is not a character in the story.
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| Interior Monologue | An extended presentation of a character’s thoughts.
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| Flat Character | A character that has only one outstanding trait.
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| Round Character | A character that is complex and presented in depth.
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| Stock Character | A character that is stereotypical.
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| Setting | The physical description of where the story takes place.
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| Locale | The actual geographic location of the story.
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| Symbol | A person, place, or thing in a story that suggests a meaning beyond its literal sense. Usually tied to a theme in the story.
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| Allegory | A narrative in which the literal events suggest a parallel sequence of symbolic events. Often used offer an opinion about something like religion or history.
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| Tone | The attitude that is conveyed toward a subject in a literary work.
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| Irony | A literary device in which one thing is said but the opposite is meant.
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| Sarcasm | A conspicuously bitter from of irony that is meant to hurt or mock its target.
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| Allusion | A brief, sometimes indirect, reference in a text to a person, place, or thing.
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| Aside | A brief passage in drama where a character says something to the audience the other characters cannot hear.
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| Comedy | A literary work aimed at amusing the audience.
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| Dialogue | The direct representation of the conversation between two or more characters.
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| Drama | A literary composition designed for performance in a theater.
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