Literary Terms and Plot Structure

What is the term for a feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader?

• Tone

• Mood

• Style

• Imagery

Which term refers to re-telling the main idea of the story?

• Summary

• Plot

• Conflict

• Imagery

The writer's attitude toward a subject is known as what?

• Mood

• Tone

• Style

• Suspense

Words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s five senses are called ____.

• Imagery

• Style

• Tone

• Mood

The way in which something is said, done, or expressed is referred to as ____.

• Style

• Tone

• Mood

• Imagery

What is the term for growing tension or excitement felt by a reader?

• Suspense

• Conflict

• Foreshadowing

• Prediction

Giving hints about future events in the story is known as ____.

• Foreshadowing

• Prediction

• Conflict

• Plot

Making a guess based on clues from the text is called ____.

• Prediction

• Foreshadowing

• Conflict

• Imagery

What is the struggle between opposite forces called?

• Conflict

• Plot

• Suspense

• Tone

The series of events in a story is known as ____.

• Plot

• Summary

• Climax

• Resolution