Literary Terms

classification or type of literature

• allegory

• parody

• genre

• conflict

The way an author creates a character

• characterization

• setting

• foreshadowing

• symbol

time, place, and environment of a story

• plot

• characterization

• mood

• setting

sequence of events in a story

• characterization

• plot

• setting

• theme

two opposing forces

• conflict

• foreshadowing

• characterization

• mood

a conversation between 2 or more characters

• dialect

• dialogue

• satire

• mood

hints or clues about what will happen later on

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• conflict

• mood

who is telling the story

• irony

• point of view

• conflict

• characterization

the opposite happens of what you expect to happen

• irony

• mood

• theme

• conflict

something concrete that represents something abstract

• imagery

• symbol

• satire

• mood