Literary terms Flashcards
Introduction
Introduces characters and setting
Plot
Sequence of events taking place
Setting
When and where
Rising action
Conflict develops
Conflict
Struggle/problems
Climax
Most intense action and emotions;the turning point
Falling action
Conflict resolves
Resolution
Remaining questions answered loose ends tied up
Denouement
The events that takes place after the climax( the falling action and resolution combined)
Internal conflict
The struggle that takes place in persons mind
External conflict
Struggle takes place outside person
Man vs man
Against another person
Man vs nature
Against force of nature
Man vs society
Must break a law
Man vs self
A DECISION must be made
Narration
The way the story is told
Point of view
Who is telling the story-story teller
First person
Person in the story is telling the story uses the word I or me
Third person limited
From point of view of one character
Third person omniscient
Point of view from all knowing observer
Irony
When the opposite of what us expected to happen happens
Verbal irony
When you say the opposite of what you mean
Tone
The AUTHOR’S feelings towards the story
Mood
The way the READER feels when reading the story
