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Literary Terms 1-12
English 9 Lit. Terms
Question | Answer |
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Plot | The sequence of events in a narrative work. |
Setting | The time and place in which the events of a story occur. |
Conflict | The struggle between opposing forces in a story or play. |
Exposition | The introduction of the characters, the setting, or the situation at the beginning of the story. |
Rising Action | The part of the plot that adds complications to the conflict and increases reader interest. |
Climax | The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in the plot of a narrative. |
Falling Action | In a play or story, the action that typically follows the climax and reveals its results. |
Resolution | The part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict. |
1st person point of view | The narrator is a character in the story, referred to as "I". |
point of view | The relationship of the narrator to the story. |
3rd person limited point of view | The narrator reveals the thoughts, feelings, and observations of only one character, referring to that character as "he" or "she". |
3rd person omnicient point of view | "All-knowing" point of view, the narrator is not a character in the story but someone who stands outside the story and comments on the action. |