literature vocabulary

the author tells your explicitly what a character is like

• point of view

• character traits

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

the standpoint from which a story is told

• point of view

• 1st person

• mood

• exposition

the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story

• metaphor

• climax

• suspense

• irony

the most exciting or intense part of the story; a turning point

• falling action

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed

• exposition

• dynamic character

• theme

• foreshadowing

a comparison of unlike things by saying that one thing is a dissimilar thing

• simile

• tone

• character trait

• metaphor

the atmosphere or feeling created by a work of literature

• point of view

• mood

• realistic fiction

• resolution

a character that remains the same throughout the story

• static character

• dynamic character

• character trait

• suspense

what happens is the opposite of what we expect would happen

• mood

• tone

• irony

• rising action

time and place of a story

• climax

• theme

• setting

• antagonist