Literary Terms

the ATMOSPHERE created by the writer which often creates a certain EMOTIONAL response from the reader

• Foreshadowing

• Mood

• Situational Irony

• Theme

the OPPOSITION of forces which ties one INCIDENT to another and makes the plot MOVE

• Conflict

• Situational Irony

• Setting

• Plot

events in the story become COMPLICATED and the CONFLICT of the story is revealed. SUSPENSE builds in the rising action.

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Conclusion

The universal message, in other words, what we learned from the story.

• Conflict

• Plot

• Theme

• Climax

the author gives the readers a CLUE about what will happen in the future

• Foreshadowing

• Mood

• Situational Irony

• Theme

Conflict within the MIND of the main character. Usually involves the character making a decision between RIGHT and WRONG, or other MIXED emotions

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Society

the point in the story when the events and complications begin to RESOLVE

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Conclusion

occurs when the protagonist is placed at odds with a GOVERNMENT or cultural TRADITION.

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Society

Two things being seen or placed close

together with CONTRASTING effect

• Foreshadowing

• Mood

• Conflict

• Juxtaposition

the narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of MULTIPLE characters using the third person pronouns he and she

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person Omniscient POV

• Third Person Limited POV

• Third Person Objective POV