narrative terminology

• exposition?


  The introduction of background information in a story or essay.
• narrator?


  the voice that tells the fictional story.
• protagonist?


  The main character or hero of a story.
• anti-hero?


  a protagonist who is not morally virtuous but has enough qualities to endear themselves to a reader.
• monologue?


  A monologue is a speech or performance by a single actor.
• soliloquy?


  Monologue off stage
• dramatic irony?


  Audience knows something characters do not.
• ambiguity?

  Unclear meaning or interpretation.