the page at the front of a book that the names of the book, its author, and publisher are printed on it
the events that have happened to a character before their story in a book, movie, etc. begins
the way in which characters in a movie, book, etc. are created and represented by a writer
a way of telling or writing a story in which things happen to the narrator and the story revolves around them
the process of mental stimulation that causes someone to have a new idea or emotion, or to do or create something artistic
using statements that mean the opposite of what is stated, often to convey criticism or humor through an implied second meaning
a sentence from a speech, book, etc. that is repeated somewhere else because it is wise or interesting
a mode of storytelling where the narrator refers to characters using pronouns like "he" and "she" and is not a character in the story