Literary Terms
Literary works that are based on imagination, not necessarily facts
What is Fiction?
A struggle (the problem in the story)
What is Conflict?
A moment of sudden enlightenment/understanding (an "Aha!" moment...the light bulb goes off in the brain)
What is an Epiphany?
What happens in the story
What is Plot?
A return to an earlier time
What is a Flashback?
Literary works that are fact-based
What is Non-fiction?
A struggle you have within yourself
What is an Internal Struggle (Person vs Self)?
The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader.
What is Mood?
This introduces characters and settings while supplying background information
What is Exposition?
A person, place or and object that stands for something else
What is a Symbol?
The time and place of the story
What is a Setting?
A problem between a character and school, the Law, or some tradition.
What is a Person vs Society?
A reference to something else in literature
What is an Allusion?
Complications/crisis/problems begin to take place (conflicts arise and tension builds)
What is Rising Action?
Words or phrases that create a mental picture
Appeals to the five senses
What is imagery?
The overall meaning (central message) of the story
What is the Theme?
A Florida resident's house flooded because of Hurricane Ian
What is a Person vs Nature?
High point in the story where the tension breaks (usually the highest point of interest)
What is the Climax?
A side by side contrast; place two characters, concepts, ideas or places near or next to each other so that the reader will compare and contrast them
What is Juxtaposition?
In the movie, Jaws, the audience knows a shark is lurking in the water but the swimmers do not know the shark is there
What is Dramatic Irony?
A problem or struggle that appears to be well beyond a character's control.
What is a Person vs Fate (God)?
When that opposite of what you expect to happen occurs
What is Irony?
The outcome of the story/the conclusion
What is the Resolution?
When one student tells the other student, "I love learning literary elements and I cannot wait to take the test on Tuesday!"
What is Verbal Irony?