Literary Terms

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Conflict

Man vs. man conflict is:

• When the main character has a conflict with an animal, nature, or landscape.

• When the main character has a conflict within him/herself.

• When the main character has a conflict with a group of people.

• When the main character has a conflict with another character in the story.

A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Conflict

• Resolution

The conflict of a story where a character struggles with something INSIDE themselves.

• External Conflict

• Tone

• Internal Conflict

• Mood

Comparing 2 unlike things without using "Like" or "As"

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Mood

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• exposition
• rising action
• falling action
• resolution

The attitude of the author or narrator in a piece of writing.

• Mood

• Tone

• Simile

• Metaphor

Using words that invite the reader to imagine or picture what is happening. Uses the 5 senses.

• Tone

• Mood

• Imagery

Which term below is the character having a problem deciding what to do in a particular situation, generally due to fear, anger, regret, etc.

• character vs society

• character vs self

• character vs nature

• character vs fate

Which conflict has the character battling and uncontrollable problem.

• character vs self

• character vs fate

• character vs nature

• character vs character