Literary Terms

Where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed is the...

• plot

• exposition

• resolution

• setting

Adjectives that describe a character on the inside are...

• character traits

• direct characterization

• indirect characterizaton

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

The main character in a story is the...

• antagonist

• protagonist

• theme

• exposition

Hints or clues that suggest what may happen later in the story is...

• suspense

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• falling action

The time and place of a story is...

• exposition

• plot

• rising action

• setting

The author tells you explicitly what a character is like using...

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• character traits

• plot

What happens in a story; the chain of events that makes up a story is called...

• resolution

• rising action

• plot

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

The anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story is called...

• exposition

• suspense

• flashback

• foreshadowing

The most exciting or intense part of the story; the turning point of the story is called...

• plot

• theme

• climax

• resolution

The author shows you what a character is like through his thoughts, feelings, choices, words, and actions using...

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• character traits

• flashback