Literary Terms

Series of events that begin immediately after the exposition of the story and builds up to the climax 

• inference
• rising action
• falling action
• citing

A major turning point in a plot

• climax
• falling action
• sequence
• citing

The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved

• exposition
• explicit
• implicit
• falling action

The portion of a story that introduces important background information to the audience

• exposition
• textual
• citing
• explicit

Fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied

• implicit
• explicit
• climax
• textual

That which tends to prove or disprove something; ground for belief; proof

• evidence
• textual
• citing
• sequence

The process of arriving at some conclusion

• sequence
• inference
• exposition
• falling action

The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character

• characterization
• setting
• static
• plot

The time and place of a story

• examine
• static
• plot
• setting

The point in the story where the conflict is solved and the events after the conflict has been resolved

• falling action
• setting
• resolution
• interaction