LITERARY TERMS

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LITERARY TERMS
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Plot

• The story line

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Setting

• When and where the story takes place

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Theme

• Moral or lesson of the story

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Climax

• The highpoint of the story

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Resolution

• How the climax is solved

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Cliffhanger

• No resolution is presented for the climax

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Irony

• Three Types
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony

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Verbal Irony

• Words are used to suggest the opposite of their
  usual meaning

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Dramatic Irony

• The audience knows something that a character
  does not

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Situational Irony

• An event occurs that directly contradicts the
  expectations of the characters, the reader, or
  the audience

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Point of View

• Who is telling the story

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First Person

• Narrator is a character in the story
• Buzz words I, me

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Third Person Objective

• Outside narrator
• Knows only one characters thoughts feelings
• Buzz words he,she, they

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Third Person Omniscient

• Outside narrator
• Knows more than one characters thoughts and
  feelings
• Buzz words he, she, they

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Symbolism

• One object represents another

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Protagonist

• The character who drives the action

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Antagonist

• The obstacle of the protagonist

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Character

• Someone or something in the story

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Foreshadowing

• Giving hints as to what will happen later in the
  story

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Personification

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

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Tone

• The atmosphere the author is trying to create

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Imagery

• Language that appeals to the senses

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Diction

• The choice of words used in a literary work