Literary Vocabulary: Types, Plot Line, and Characterization

a fully developed story, but shorter than a novel (usually follows the plot line and uses literary devices)

• short story

• novel

• drama

• poetry

• prose

a fictional story (narrative) that is the length of a book

• short story

• novel

• drama

• poetry

• prose

a play; written to be performed

• short story

• novel

• drama

• poetry

• prose

literary work that expresses ideas and emotions primarily through careful word choice, rhyme, rhythm, form and/or style (generally not written in prose)

• short story

• novel

• drama

• poetry

• prose

written or spoken language in ordinary form (paragraph form, without metrical structure)

• short story

• novel

• drama

• poetry

• prose

important components that make up a literary work (plot, theme, etc.)

• literature

• short story

• literary elements

• prose

• short story

the action in a story; what happens in a story

• drama

• plot

• literary elements

• novel

• poetry

a visual representation of the action in a story

• plot line

• literary elements

• literature

• short story

• prose

turning point; most intense point

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

conflict (problem) is solved as story draws to a close

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

• resolution