Lit Terms and Genre Review

When and where a story takes place

• conflict

• setting

• plot

• characterization

A morpheme added to the end of a word: —ing, —ation, —itis

• prefix

• root

• suffix

• appendix

Homonyms may be words with identical pronunciations but different spellings and meanings, such as to, too, and two

• acronym

• homonym

• synonym

• antonym

the events are told by someone outside the story; examples of pronouns used are he, she, they

• first person

• second person

• third person

• fourth person

the perspective from which a story is told.

• point of view

• characterization

• conflict

• plot

the feeling a reader gets when reading a story

• characterization

• tone

• mood

• setting

the events are told by a character in the story;

examples of pronouns used are I, me, my

• first person

• second person

• third person

• fourth person

the beginning of a story where the characters, setting, and basic conflict are introduced

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

a series of obstacles and conflicts intended to make the main character's pursuit of his/her/their goals more difficult

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action

the turning point of a story

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

• falling action