Soliloquy: A speech in which a character talks to himself or the
audience and reveals what he is thinking. Longer than an aside.
Scrim: A light, semi-transparent curtain.
Protagonist: Main character of a story, can be one person or a group
of people.
Conflict: A struggle between opposing forces. Can be internal or
external.
Parody: A humorous mimicking of a serious piece of literature.
Flashback: A literary device where an event from the past is inserted
into the present. Seems as if it is happening in present time. Shows how the
present is influenced by the past.
Foreshadowing: A device where the author gives clues that hint at later
events in the story. Makes surprise endings more believable.
Euphemism: A nice way of saying something that is not usually nice
(fat = big bones).
