Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Plot
Character
Misc.
100
Something in the text that gives you clues for what will happen next.
Foreshadowing
100
Time and place
Setting
100
What is plot
Sequence of events in a story
100
Main character
Protagonist
100
Ethical Appeal
Ethos
200
When the story goes back in time to an event that has already happened
Flashback
200
The message of the story
Theme
200
What two things do you learn in the exposition?
Characters and setting
200
Person who goes against the main character
Antagonist
200
Logical Appeal
Logos
300
The feeling the reader feels as they read a story
Mood
300
When something occurs that is unexpected
Irony
300
How can you tell if a conflict is internal or external?
Internal is a decision or argument inside the character's head. External is a conflict against someone or something else.
300
What type of character undergoes a change throughout the story
Dynamic
300
Emotional Appeal
Pathos
400
Point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story
1st Person
400
A thing that represents something else in a story
Symbol
400
Events leading to the climax
Rising Action
400
What type of character stays the same throughout the story
Static
400
What does the puppy symbolize at the end of Curious Incident?
Love and trust
500
The difference between 3rd person omniscient and 3rd person limited
Omniscient knows all of the characters' thoughts and feelings, while limited only knows one or two characters' thoughts and feelings
500
To draw a conclusion by taking what you're told in the text and applying your own knowledge of the world
Inference or to infer
500
Events after the climax
Falling Action
500
If a character is a straight-A student and holds down a job where she works 40 hours a week, you can infer what about that student?
She is responsible
500
Name two moments where Christopher has a coming of age moment.
Mrs. Alexander tells him about his mother's affair. Going to London/Train Station Writes the book Speaks to strangers to find Wellington's killer Finds out his father is the killer