Literary Terms Review

the beginning of the story: characters, background, setting

• RISING ACTION

• PLOT

• THEME

• EXPOSITION

the highest point of drama in a literary work

• THEME

• RESOLUTION

• CLIMAX

• CONFLICT

a problem / struggle between a character and an outside force

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

a struggle inside a character's mind

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

when the AUDIENCE knows something a CHARACTER doesn't know

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

a play on words, or sometimes use of sarcasm

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

clues or hints at what is coming later in the story

• foreshadowing

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• theme

the comparison of two things using LIKE or AS

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

giving a non-human the qualities of a person

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• personification

• mood

What is a symbol?

• when the same letter sound is used over and over

• anything that can be visualized or drawn

• the way the reader feels about a text

• an object that stands for an idea