click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Literature
Mid-term Vocab. Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| setting | when and where the story takes place |
| characterization | physical features, attributes, etc. |
| foreshadowing | points to an event that is yet to come |
| theme | lessoned learned |
| Point of View | perspective; relationship with the narrator or the character in the story |
| plot | main "story" in the narrative |
| rising action | problems rising to the major conflict of a novel/story |
| irony | something you think will happen and something else happens |
| mood | feeling the author gives the character |
| climax | main conflict in a story |