Short Story Literature Terms, List 1

The narrator is NOT a character in the story; can reveal what characters in the story do, say, and think

• First person POV

• Third person omniscient POV

• Conflict

• Third person limited POV

The conclusion of the story, where the conflict is resolved

• conflict

• exposition

• resolution

• plot

A struggle between opposing forces, causing action to form the plot

• conflict

• point of view

• rising action

• falling action

The part of the plot after the climax where the solution to the conflict is introduced

• rising action

• exposition

• falling action

• point of view

The high point of interest, or turning point, in the story

• rising action

• resolution

• exposition

• climax

The sequence of events in a story

• foreshadowing

• conflict

• plot

• rising action

Hints or clues to events that have yet to occue

• foreshadowing

• conflict

• rising action

• falling action

The part of the plot where the story is introduced; establishes the setting and characters

• falling action

• resolution

• rising action

• exposition

The perspective from which the story is told; determines how much information the narrator can tell the reader

• third person limited POV

• point of view (POV)

• first person POV

• third person omniscient POV

The narrator is NOT a character in the story; can reveal only what the characters DO and SAY

• third person limited POV

• first person POV

• point of view (POV)

• third person omniscient POV