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Literary Terms 4 U
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Antagonist | The character or force against which the protagonist must struggle in order to resolve the conflict in the plot. |
| Bias | The author's point-of-view or inclination, especially if it prevents the writer from an unprejudiced description of events. |
| Byline | A line stating the writer's name in a news article. |
| Climax | The "turning point" of the plot; the point at which the reader knows which side of the conflict will prevail. |
| Dateline | The line stating where the events occurred in a news story. |
| Denouement | How the characters are left at the end of the story after the conflict is or is not resolved. Also known as the resolution. |
| Elements of the Plot | The ancient Greeks believed every plot must contain five elements to be a successful story: conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. |
| Falling Action | The events in a story which happen after the climax has been reached. |
| First Person Point of View | The story is told from the point of view of a character in the story. Recognizable by use of first person pronouns such as "I, me, my, mine." |
| Genre | A type or category of art, music, literature, etc. In literature examples ming be romance, fantasy, mystery, etc. |
| Headline | Serves as the title to a news article. Must contain a subject and verb. |
| Inverted Pyramid | A writing style journalists use to give readers the most pertinent information up front in the first paragraph of an article. The information becomes less and less important as the paragraphs continue. |
| Lead | The first on or two sentences in a news article. Needs to contain the "who, what, when, where, why, and how" of the events being described. |
| Man vs. God/Supernatural | A conflict in which the protagonist struggles against some supernatural force. |
| Man vs. Man | A conflict in which the protagonist struggles against an antagonist. Both must be equal in their abilities. If the protagonist and/or antagonist are not human beings, they will have human characteristics. |
| Man vs. Nature | A conflict in which the protagonist struggles against some force of nature such as an animal, a storm, a desert island, etc. |
| Man vs. Self | A conflict in which the protagonist struggles against something within himself, such as a fault he or she must overcome. It might be an addiction or a compulsion to suicide, etc. |
| Man vs. Society | A conflict in which the protagonist struggles against a government, a law, a policy, a rule, or a custom. |
| Mood | The way the writer intends for the reader to feel when reading the story or a certain passage from the story. |
| Objective Point of View | The story is told by a narrator who simply reports what he or she could observe. The thoughts and feelings can be shared with the reader by the writer's quoting what people who are present at or affected by the event have to say. |
| Paraphrase | A sentence-by-sentence rewriting of a passage from a book or story. The purpose is for the writer to change as much of the language and sentence structure as possible without adding to or taking away from the original passage. |
| Point-of-View | The writer makes a choice as to who will be telling the story and how much of the thoughts and feelings of the characters can be shared with the reader. Sometimes referred to as POV. |
| Protagonist | The main character in the story; the character whit whom the author intends the reader to identify. |
| Resolution | How the characters are left at the end of the story after the conflict is or is not resolved. Also known as the denouement. |
| Rising Action | A series of events in a story for the purpose of bringing the protagonist and antagonist to the point of climax where they must meet and one must prevail. |
| Setting | The time and place where a story happens. |
| 3rd Person Limited Point of View | The story is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story. The narrator can share with the reader the thoughts and feelings of only one character and can only tell what that one can and does experience. |
| 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View | The story is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story. The narrator can share with the reader the thoughts and feelings of more than one character. The narrator can relate events that are happening in different places at the same time. |
| Tone | The way the writer intends for the writing to sound to the reader. This also may refer to the way the writer intends for a certain character to sound to the reader. |
| Summary | A brief re-telling of a longer story, article, etc. The writer must include the important points while leaving out the less important ones. |
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