Literary Terms Flashcards
Conflict
A struggle between opposing forces and follows a structure, or pattern
Exposition
Background on characters and situation
Rising action
Events that intensify the conflict
Climax
Highest point of story tension at which outcome of conflict is revealed
Falling action
Events following climax
Resolution
Remaining issues resolved; conclusions or insights revealed by narrator
Foreshadowing
Giving details that his upcoming events
Flashbacks
Providing background on characters and their experiences by switching from present time to past time
Author’s perspective
Point of view in a literary work that includes judgments, attitudes, and experiences he or she brings to the subject
Make predictions
Develop ideas about what will happen next
Analyze structure and format
You examine how the information is organized and presented
Style
A writers style is made up of features that make his or her expression of ideas distinctive
Diction
Word choice, involves the type of words the writer uses
Syntax
Sentence structure, is related to the way words are organized express ideas
Conflict
A struggle between two forces
External conflict
I character struggles against an outside force, such as an element of nature or another character
Internal conflict
I character struggles with his or her own opposing desires, beliefs, or needs
Suspense
A rising curiosity or anxiety in the readers
Irony
A strong contrast between what a character reader expected and what actually happens
Authors purpose
His or her main reason for writing
Thesis
The main point or claim about the subject
Cause
And event, an action, or situation that makes something
Effect
The event that results
Characters
The people, animals, or even objects who performed the actions and experience the events of a narrative
