English 1 Lit Terms

Not real life

• Fiction
• Non-fiction
• Fake
• Dead

The sequence of events in a story, each event causing or leading to the next event

• Foreshadowing
• Description
• Plot
• Suspense

The uncertainty or desire the reader feels about what will happen next in a story

• Mystery
• Unknown
• Fear
• Suspense

Clues given by the author that give hints as to what will happen in a story

• Flashback
• Foreshadowing
• Flash Mob
• Flashforward

When the opposite of what you expect happens

• Verbal Irony
• Tragic Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

When a writer or speaker says one thing but really means the opposite

• Tragic Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony
• Drama Queen

When the audience or reader knows something important that a character in a play or story doesn't know

• Dramatic Irony
• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Conspiracy

The time and place in a story; includes the culture of a group of people and/or historical events

• Scene
• Expose
• Plot
• Setting

The underlying meaning in a story -- the lesson about life the story teaches

• Setting
• Theme
• Morale
• Fate

A struggle with an outside force (Man, nature, etc...)

• External Conflict
• Conflict
• Internal Conflict
• Angel/Devil Syndrome