Literary Terms

The vantage point from which a story is told

• Point of View

• Crisis

• Cliche

• Resolution

A series of words that begin with the same sound

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Mood

• Onomatopoeia

A person or character who tells a story

• Character

• Narrator

• Conflict

• Setting

A series of events related to a central conflict or struggle

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

• Plot

The struggle between two people or things in a literary work

• Tone

• Climax

• Conflict

• Exposition

The high point of suspense or interest

• Conflict

• Tone

• Resolution

• Climax

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When and where a story takes place

• Denouement

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Setting

The atmosphere the author creates

• Tone

• Mood

• Setting

• Theme

A setback in a series of events

• Rising action

• Resolution

• Cliche

• Falling action