Intro Unit: Lit Terms Review

time and place in which a story occurs

• mood

• setting

• theme

• point of view

perspective from which the story is told

• motive

• character

• narrator

• point of view

voice that tells the story

• narrator

• character

• point of view

• exposition

sensory language that paints a picture for the reader

• imagery

• theme

• symbol

• climax

a person, place, object, or activity that stands for something beyond itself

• point of view

• theme

• symbol

• conflict

people, animals, or other actors in a story

• setting

• antagonist

• narrator

• character

reason behind a character's actions

• imagery

• motive

• theme

• mood

main character in a story

• Bob

• protagonist

• antagonist

• narrator

introduces setting, characters, and conflict

• exposition

• rising action

• theme

• mood

eases suspense and shows how main character(s) resolve conflict

• climax

• falling action

• resolution

• rising action