Lit Terms Review

The time and place of the action in a literary work

• setting

• conflict

• irony

• resolution

A conflict in which the character struggles against some outside force.

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• irony

• point of view

The central message, insight or lesson expressed in a literary work.

• theme

• irony

• setting

• flashback

the perspective from which a story is told

• point of view

• flashback

• irony

• setting

how the characters or reader view and understand what is going on in the story

• perspective

• POV

• irony

• author's craft

the tools and techniques of language and storytelling use to create a piece of writing

• author's craft

• literary device

• symbolism

• imagery

the intense feeling an audience or reader goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events

• suspense

• imagery

• perspective

• literary device

concrete objects used to represent an emotion, belief, or other abstract ideas

• symbols

• perspective

• irony

• author's craft

words or phrases that create life-like sensory experiences (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste) for the reader

• imagery

• POV

• dramatic irony

• perspective

the author's attitude toward the subject, characters, or readers, such as friendly, teasing, etc.

• mood

• symbol

• tone

• author's craft