1. Literary Terms

2.  Fiction: A type of writing based on imagination.  Non-Fiction: A type of writing that is based on facts.

3. Literary Terms  Narrative: A story that is told by a character in the story.  Narrator: The person telling the story.

4. Literary Terms  Character: A person in a story.  Static Character: Character who does not change throughout the story.  Dynamic Character: Character who changes throughout the story.

5. Literary Terms  Flat Character: Character who is one- sided in story.  Round Character: Character who shows many sides throughout the story.

6. Literary Terms  Direct Characterization: Character is described in the text by the author.  Indirect Characterization: Character is defined by their own words and actions.

7. Literary Terms  Setting: Where and when the story takes place.  Plot: The events that take place in a story.

8. Literary Terms  Exposition: Beginning- meet characters and find out setting.  Rising Action: Action builds to most exciting part.  Climax: The most exciting part or point of no return.  Falling Action: Action begins to slow down.  Resolution: Loose ends in story are tied up.

9. Literary Terms  1st Person Point of View: A character in the story tells the story from their point of view. (I, me, my)  3 rd Person limited point of view: An outside narrator who sees only into one character’s mind.  3 rd Person omniscient point of view: Outside all-knowing narrator.

10. Suspense  Suspense is the excitement or tension that readers feel as they get involved in a story and become eager to know the outcome.

11. Literary Terms  Internal Conflict: A struggle that happens inside a character. (man vs self)  External Conflict: A struggle that happens on the outside.  Man vs. man  Man vs nature  Man vs society  Man vs. technology

12. Literary Terms  Foreshadowing: Author hints to events that will occur later in the story.  Inference: Reading between the lines to figure out what is happening in a story.

13. Literary Terms  Genre: A type of literature.  Novel: A long work of fiction (more than 10,000 words)  Short Story: A shorter work of fiction (less than 10,000 words)  Prose: Regular writing- not poetic language.

14. Literary Terms  Irony: When something unexpected happens.  Verbal Irony: The writer or the speaker says one thing but means something different.  Situational Irony: When a situation turns out to be just the opposite of what is expected.  Dramatic Irony: When the audience or reader knows something that the characters do not know.  Poetic Justice: When a character gets what he/she deserves.

15. Literary Terms  Tone: The way an author feels about the subject.  Mood: The way a reader feels about the subject.

16. Literary Terms  Theme: main idea  Simile: comparison using like or as.  Metaphor: comparison not using like or as.

17. Literary Terms  Symbol: An object that represents something else.  Allusion: A reference to an outside work or subject.

18. Literary Terms  Imagery: Words that create pictures (words appeal to the five senses.)  Personification: Giving human traits to a non-human object.  Onomatopoeia: Words that imitate sounds.  Hyperbole: Exaggeration used to emphasize  Cliché: A phrase that has been overused.

19. Literary Terms