Elements of Literature Definitions

When and where

• Theme

• Climaxx

• Setting

• Plot

The narrator who is present in the story. Uses "we, I,".

• 3rd Person

• 1st Person

• Antogonist

• Old man

What is the message or lesson of the story called?

• Theme

• Climax

• Falling Action

A state of nervous excitement in the reader

• motivation

• theme

• suspense

• conflict

Hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• allusion

• conflict

Contrast between what is expected and what actually is (a twist)

• irony

• foreshadowing

• exposition

• resolution

The point in the plot where the conflict is solved or coped with

• exposition

• falling action

• climax

• resolution

The point in the plot where you are introduced to characters, setting, and conflict

• climax

• resolution

• exposition

• falling action

This point of view has a narrator who tells us the thoughts of just ONE character

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

• 2nd person

A reference to another work of literature or event in history

• idiom

• connotation

• denotation

• allusion