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Key Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the setting? | The time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem. |
| What is plot? | The Plot is what happens in a story, novel, play or narrative poem. |
| What is conflict? | A struggle between characters or between opposing forces. |
| What is external conflict? | External conflict takes place between two characters, between a character and a group, or between a character and something else – such as a monster or a sandstorm. |
| What is internal conflict? | An internal conflict takes place within a character’s mind or heart. A story may have more than one conflict. |
| What is complication? | Problems that come up as characters struggle to reach their goals. |
| What is the definition of climax? | The most exciting or suspenseful part of a story. At the climax, something happens that reveals how the conflict will turn out. |
| What is resolution? | The part of the story in which remaining questions are answered and loose ends of the plot are tied up. The resolution usually comes at the end of the story. |
| What is suspense? | The uncertainty or anxiety a reader feels about what will happen next. |
| What is foreshadowing? | Hints or clues that suggest what will happen later in a story. Foreshadowing helps to build suspense. |
| What is dialect? | A way of speaking that is characteristic of a geographical area or a certain group of people. |
| What is symbol, or symbolism? | A person, a place, a thing, or an event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something beyond itself. |
| What is tone? | The writer’s attitude toward his or her topic. Tone is conveyed by a writer’s word choice and style. |
| What is style? | The way a writer uses language. Style results from diction, or word choice, as well as from sentence structure and tone. |
| What is atmosphere or mood? | The overall feeling of a work of literature. |
| What is imagery? | Language that appeals to the senses. Most images are visual, but images can appeal to the senses of hearing, touch, taste, and smell, or even to several senses at once. |
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