Literary Terms Part 2

The time of the action, the main characters, and the basic situation are introduced in this part of the plot.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Expository

A struggle that takes place between a character and some outside force such as another character, society, or nature.

• Internal Conflict

• Climax

• Drama

• External Conflict

Events leading to the resolution

• Falling Action

• Dénouement

• Rising Action

• Exposition

Writing that is not meant to be taken literally; readers must understand it imaginatively. Examples are similes, metaphors, and hyperboles.

• Figurative Language

• Literary Terms

• Similes

• Writer's Choice

When a story is told from a single character's point of using the pronoun "I".

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

• Story Telling

A scene or whole story that relates events that happened in the past.

• Fall back

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Symbolism

A character that shows only one character trait throughout a story. A one-dimensional character.

• Dynamic Character

• Flat Character

• Characterization

• First Person POV

Clues or hints that let the reader know what might happen later in the story.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Symbolism

• Rising Action

A category or type of literature, music, etc

• Genre

• Type

• Topic

• Genie

When a character's arrogance leads to his or her downfall.

• Flat Character

• Hubris

• Denouement

• Foreshadowing