Literary Terms

The given time and place of a story.

• setting
• exposition
• rising action
• conflict

A series of related events that make up a story. 

• plot
• setting
• exposition
• denouement

The plot is diagrammed using 

• The Triangle
• Freud's Pyramid
• Freytag's Pyramid
• Plot Pyramid

Background information including setting and character background.

• setting
• foreshadowing
• protagonist
• exposition

A struggle clash between opposing people or opposing forces.

• conflict
• external conflict
• internal conflict
• inference

A struggle of opposing need, desires, or emotions within a single character's mind

• internal conflict
• external conflict
• conflict
• interpersonal conflict

When a character struggles against an outside force

• internal conflict
• external conflict
• interpersonal conflict
• irony

—Events that occur after the exposition that lead up to the climax.

• exposition
• rising action
• denouement
• falling action

The highest point of interest or suspense in a story

• climax
• inference
• foreshadowing
• denouement

All events after the climax and leading to the conclusion of the story

• falling action
• denouement
• climax
• exposition