Literary terms include 'mood', 'theme', 'narrative', 'dramatic irony'. Like every other subject, English literature has its own vocabulary. Writing about a novel, play or poem requires you to understand these terms and be able to use them confidently.
See if you know the difference between a 'protagonist' and an 'antagonist' or 'irony' and 'satire' by trying this English quiz.
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A plot is the collection of all the events in a work of fiction, especially the way these events are related to one another. While plots must have structure, 'structure' alone is not the same as the plot
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An antagonist would be an adversary of the main character
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Be careful - the author and the narrator are not the same, although sometimes the narrator resembles the author. All stories have a narrator
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'Dramatic irony' is when the reader knows something that the characters don't know
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A word or situation is ambiguous when it has several possible meanings and it is unclear which meaning the author intends
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