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Literary definitions

literary definition

Literary TermDefinition
Plot what happens in a story
Conflict struggle between two opposing forces. Person vs. person, person vs. society, person vs. nature, person vs. self, person vs. fate
Setting Time and place of the action of the story
Characterization it can be a human or animal or a creature 1.Physical 2. speech 3. interaction with other characters 4. personal history. can be based on how a person looks and their personality.
Foreshadowing Write's use if hunts or clues to indicate an event that happen later in the story. It increases suspence, contributes to the mood, make the event believable.
Flashback A flashback is a conversation, an episode, or event that happened before the beginning of a story.
Point of view The perspective or vantage point from which the story is told.
Characterization continue 1) Through physical description 2) Trough a character's speech, thoughts, feelings, or actions 3) Through the speech, feelings, thoughts, or actions of other characters 4) Through direct comments about a character's nature.
Flashback 2 is an interruption in the narrative to show something that happened before that time.
Protagonist The main character of the story(the good guy)
Antagonist The main source of the conflict(the bad guy)
subplot it is less important in a series of events within the main plot.
Narrative Supplies information about the characters
point of view- Limited First Person I, me, we
point of view- Limited Third Person He, she they
point of view- Omniscient Third Person Narrator appears to know what everyone is thinking and feeling
Question Ask yourself is the narrator reliable?
Theme Is the main idea and the author's statement
Created by: apatel896
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