Prose Literary Terms & Parts of Speech

a type or category of literature

• characterization

• genre

• plot

• imagery

ordinary written; the two main elements are sentences and paragraphs

• genre

• theme

• prose

• point of view

central message or purpose of the literary work; it reveals a message about people or life

• theme

• prose

• conflict

• tone

a struggle in the story , starts the rising action

• climax

• exposition

• rising action

• conflict

a logical series of events having a beginning, a middle, and an end

• expostion

• resolution

• plot

• prose

background information & introduction of the characters and the setting

• rising action

• exposition

• falling action

• resolution

the angle from which a story is told; the perspective

• mood

• characterization

• symbolism

• point of view

the process by an author reveals the personality of a character

• mood

• characterization

• tone

• imagery

refers to the reader’s feelings

• mood

• tone

• characterization

• imagery

words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s five senses

• symbolism

• imagery

• mood

• characterization