Lit Terms

when the opposite of what is expected occurs

• Situational irony

• verbal irony

• falling action

• foreshadow

when the character’s words have two meanings (or mean the opposite of what is said)

• mood

• tone

• Verbal irony

• allusion

the events leading up to the climax

• falling action

• external conflict

• conflict

• rising action

an event or statement that predicts a future event

• foreshadow

• climax

• setting

• conflict

the feeling the author is trying to create in the reader

• tone

• imagery

• internal conflict

• mood

something that stands for something other than itself

• dramatic irony

• symbol

• simile

• allusion

the turning point of the story; the protagonist’s moment of change

• climax

• first person

• conflict

• resolution

the people/animals that take part in the action of the story

• first person

• character

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

the perspective from which the story is told; the narration 

• first person

• third person limited

• point of view

• mood

the point the author is trying to make; the message

• plot

• hyperbole

• point of view

• theme