Literary Terms

A storyline.

• plot

• conflict

• character

• theme

Problems or tensions in the story.

• plot

• conflict

• character

• theme

A person in the story.

• plot

• conflict

• character

• theme

A central idea in the story.

• plot

• setting

• character

• theme

The end of the conflict.

• resolution

• theme

• character

• setting

The time and place of the story

• resolution

• theme

• character

• setting

The person who wrote the story.

• author

• narrator

• writer

• character

The voice that is telling the story.

• author

• narrator

• protagonist

• character

The "hero" of the story. The person that the story is about.

• author

• narrator

• protagonist

• character