Literary Terms

The high point of interest in the story

• antagonist

• tone

• climax

Type of literature

• foreshadowing

• tone

• genre

The speaker or character that tells the story

• narrator

• author

• character

• director

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

• tone

• mood

• foreshadowing

A person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

• conflict

• theme

• charadter

A character whose actions are inspiring or noble, usually the main character (note- is also the protagonist)

• antagonist

• hero/heroine

• characterization

The view from which the story is told

• point-of-view

• plot

• climax

The central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work

• tone

• plot

• theme

• antagonis

The technique the author uses to reveal his/her character

*Physical appearance

*The character’s own thoughts, speech, and actions

*The thoughts, speech and actions of others toward the character

*Direct comments about the character made by the narrator

• fiction

• nonfiction

• characterization

• director

Clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

• setting

• foreshadowing

• author