is a device used in television programs, films, literature, poetry, plays and even music. It is the writer's way to give background information to the audience about the setting and the characters.

noun. 1. a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.

the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.

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Literary Terms

8th grade PSSA prep

Term	Definition
Exposition	is a device used in television programs, films, literature, poetry, plays and even music. It is the writer's way to give background information to the audience about the setting and the characters.
Rising action	noun. 1. a related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
Climax	the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.
Resolution
Falling action
Simile
Metaphor
Prediction
Hyperbole