1. LITERARY ELEMENT & THEIR DEFINITIONS

2. Antagonist

3. a character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist

4. Character

5. a person or animal that takes part in a narrative (story)

6. Characterization

7. The act of creating or developing a character through Appearance and personality Speech and behavior Thoughts and feelings Opinions of others

8. Climax

9. the high point of interest or suspense in a story; also called the turning point

10. Conflict

11. a problem or struggle between opposing forces; can be internal or external

12. Exposition

13. Mr. Green: the banker Mrs. Scarlet: the loan officer Where: in the Living Room When: at midnight What: fight with the candlestick introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation

14. Falling Action

15. the events of a narrative following the climax, leading to the resolution

16. Flashback

17. a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that happened earlier

18. Foreshadowing

19. an author’s use of hints or clues to hint about future events

20. Inciting Incident/ Initiating Event

21. the first event; it gets the ball rolling

22. Irony

23. the opposite of what is meant; a contradiction between what happens and what is expected

24. Mood

25. the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

26. Motive/ Motivation

27. the reason that explains a character's thoughts, feelings, action, or speech

28. Plot

29. the sequence of events in a narrative (story)

30. Point of View

31. the perspective the narrator is telling the story 1 st person, narrator is a character in the story; uses pronouns I, me, and myself 3 rd person, the narrator is not a character in the story; uses pronouns he or she 3 rd person, omniscient, an outsider who can enter the mind/s of one or more characters

32. Protagonist

33. the main character in a literary work

34. Rising Action

35. the events that lead to the climax; increasing the the interest or suspense

36. Resolution

37. the end or outcome of the conflict in a plot

38. Setting

39. the time and place of the action of the story

40. Theme

41. central message, concern, or purpose of a story

42. Alliteration

43. repetition of beginning consonant sounds

44. Allusion

45. a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

46. Figurative language

47. does not mean exactly what you say; a meaning other than the ordinary meaning

48. Hyperbole

49. exaggeration that is obvious and intentional

50. Idiom

51. common expression that doesn’t make sense if taken literally

52. Literal language

53. means exactly what you say

54. Metaphor

55. compares two unlike things without the use of like or as

56. Onomatopoeia

57. uses words that imitate sound

58. Personification

59. an object or nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

60. Simile

61. a direct comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.

62. Symbol Symbolism

63. anything that stands for or represents something else

64. Tone

65. the author’s attitude toward the audience and subject

66. THE END

67. Character Traits

68. the qualities, attitude, and values that a character has or displays

69. Dialogue

70. a conversation between characters.

71. Subplot

72. a story in a novel or film that is separate from the main story and is not as important as the main story

73. Inference

74. R E A D I N G a conclusion drawn by the reader from “reading between the lines” by using prior knowledge and text

75. Parallel Episode

76. certain elements of the plot are repeated

77. Imagery

78. an author uses words and phrases to create mental images for the reader -sun baked backs -pumpkin patch

79. Suspense

80. a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work

81. Short Story

82. a brief work of fiction which presents a sequence of events or plot

83. Fiction

84. literary work based on the imagination, not fact