Literary Terms and Concepts

The struggle between a character and an outside force.

• the dark side
• internal conflict
• external conflcit
• life

The struggle occurring within the character's mind.

• Internal Conflict
• External Conlict
• Mind Conflict
• Decision Conflict

_{A universal life lesson about life or human nature. The message of the story.}

• Plot
• Summary
• Central Idea
• Theme

An atmosphere created by a writer's word choice and the details selected; the emotions of a scene; how it makes the reader feel.

• tone
• monotone
• mood
• foreshadowing

Where a writer/narrator gives an advance hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. Any event, action, dialogue or thought that gives a clue to what is going to happen.

• irony
• flashback
• foreshadowing
• theme

When an author interrupts the chronological sequence of a story by inserting past events. 

• flashback
• foreshadowing
• flashshadowing
• foreback

The series of events consisting of characters, actions and conflict in a story.

• setting

• theme

• plot

• mood

Where a character says the opposite of what they mean.

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony
• Flat iron

Where the audience knows more than the characters. We know more than the characters do with creates humor or suspense.

• verbal irony
• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• "Iron't" I funny?

Allusion is defined as______

• Two lines working as a unit
• A reference to a famous  person, place, or event
• A form of wordplay with similar sounding sounds
• Words that involve one of the five senses