Literary Terms

This is the person or thing that causes problems and obstacles for the main character.

• Characterization

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Rising Action

This is the problem or obstacle in a story or novel. This is very important to a story because it has the ability to create tension and adds to the rising action.

• Symbolism

• Conflict

• Setting

• Characterization

This is the time and place of a story. This literary term can affect a character and his/her actions.

• Irony

• Protagonist

• Setting

• Symbolism

Irony is

• An unexpected twist in the plot the reader does not see coming.

• This is the highest point of action in the plot.

• When one object or item stands in for something else.

• When one character has a conflict with another character.

This is a conflict in which a character faces events and problems in nature like animals, storms, and landscapes.

• Man vs. Man

• Man vs. Self

• Man vs. Nature

• Man vs. Society

Characterization is

• This is the main character who deals with the conflicts and obstacles throughout the plot.

• A hint of what is to come later in the plot.

• When the character has a conflict with another character.

• The details( actions, behaviors, physical and mental characteristics) about a character in a story

When speaking about the plot, this is where the initial plot is introduced, along with the main character and the setting

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

Point of view is

• The physical and emotional characteristics of a character

• The person who causes the problems for the main character

• The perspective in which a story is told

• When one object stands in for something else

This is a character who changes over the course of a plot, story, or novel.

• Static Character

• Dynamic Character

• Man vs. self

• Man vs. Society

Man vs . self is

• A character who has a major conflict with another character

• A character who has a conflict with a group of people

• A character who has a conflict with nature

• A character who has a conflict with an internal issue