English 180:  Some Terms for Appreciating Literature

• Ambiguity

• Characterization (direct and indirect; static or dynamic; flat or round)

• Climax

• Complication

• Conflict

• Denoument

• Diction

• Exposition

• Figurative language

• Genre

• Imagery (different types)

• Irony

• Literal language

• Metaphor

• Narrator/Persona/Speaker

• Personification

• Plot

• Point of View

• Protagonist/Antagonist

• Setting

• Simile

• Style

• Symbol

• Theme

• Tone