English Final

Short narrative without a complex plot, often containing supernatural elements.

Brief, usually allegorical narrative that teaches a moral, though the moral is not explicitly stated.

Prose narrative too brief to be published in a separate volume. Usually involves one or two main characters involved in a single compelling action.

German for "novel of growth and development". Sometimes called an apprenticeship novel, it depicts a youth who struggles toward maturity, forming a worldview or philosophy of life.

Attitude toward a subject conveyed in a literary work.

Story is told by way of letters written by one or more of the characters.

Brief, often humorous narrative told to illustrate a moral. Characters are traditionally animals whose personality traits symbolize human traits. Usually will explicitly state the moral.

Perspective from which a story is told.

Particular arrangement of actions, events, and situations that unfold in a narrative.

Attempt to reproduce faithfully the surface appearance of life, especially that of ordinary people in everyday situations.

Protagonist who is lacking in one or more of the conventional qualities attributed to a hero.

Technique of arranging events and information in such a way that later events are prepared for, or shadowed, beforehand.

A person, place, or thing in a narrative that suggests meanings beyond its literal sense.

Generally recurring subject or idea conspicuously evident in a literary work.

Character who, during the course of the narrative, grows or changes in some significant way.