Exposition: part of story where characters and setting are introduced and background information is given
Expressionism: writing approach in which a writer depicts a character's feelings about a subject rather than the objective surface reality of the subject
Fable: a short story that teaches an explicit moral or lesson
Fallacy: a statement or argument based on a false inference; erroneousness
Falling action: the action and dialogue following the climax that lead the reader into the story's end
Farce: type of comedy that relies on exaggeration, horseplay, and unrealistic or improbable situations to provoke laughter
Figurative language: language that has meaning beyond the literal meaning
Flashback: interruption of the chronological order to present something that occurred before the beginning of the story
Foil: another character in a story who contrasts with the main character usually to highlight one of their attributes
Folk tale: stories passed along from one generation to the next by word-of-mouth rather than written text
Foreshadowing: important hints that an author drops to prepare the reader for what is to come, and help the reader anticiate the outcome
Free verse: poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
Genre: type of form of literature, music, ect.
Gothic tale: tale used to thrill readers by providing mystery accounts of murder and the supernatural
Hyperbole: exaggeration that is powerful and purposeful
Imagery: a term that incorporates all sensory perceptions
Implication: an indirect indication; a suggestion
Incongruity: when two unlike objects or people are put together in a story
Inference: to gain meaning from something that is not directly said
Irony: technique that involves amusing contradictions or contrasts
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