Literary Terms

A story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in text.

• Narrative
• Monologue
• Poetry

A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something.

• Narrator
• Character
• Protagonist

The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. The structure often includes the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.

• Plot
• Exposition
• Theme

Which word is an organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before the current or present time of the story?

• Symbolism
• Flashback
• Simile

The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject of the poem

• Tone
• Mood
• Theme

What is a theme?

• A lesson in a story
• The main characters
• Events in the story

Setting is

• weather
• city or country
• A specific location where actions occur

In a plot diagram, what is the "resolution" of a story?

• The beginning of the story
• How events and problems of the story are solved.
• Events in the story leading to the climax

On a plot diagram, the climax is the part of the story where...

• The greatest action or suspense occurs
• The resolution or solution occurs
• The main characters are introduced

In a plot diagram, what is the "rising action" of the story?

• The beginning of the story
• The end of the story
• Events in the story leading to the climax