Literary Terms
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| Protagonist | the leading character, hero, or heroine in fiction
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| Antagonist | the person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another
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| Plot | the sequence of events involving characters in conflict. Has 4 parts: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
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| Characterization | the way in which an author develops the characters so that readers can picture them and understand their feelings (direct, indirect)
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| Conflict | the struggle between the protagonist (main character) and the opposing force, which forms the basis of the plot. External or Internal
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| Climax or Turning Point | the most exciting part of a story where there is a major turning point in the plot
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| Resolution or Denouement | the ending; the problem is solved and the action is ended
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| Setting | the time and place in which the action occurs.
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| Point of View | the angle of narration used to tell the story. The different points of view include: 1st Person, 3rd Person, and 3rd Person Omniscient
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| Mood | the feeling that the reader gets from reading something-like sad, depressed, happy, regretful.
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| Theme | the major idea or big message in a work of literature
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| 1st Person Point of View (POV) | narration told from the point of view of the main character, using pronouns such as I, we, and our. They are inside the story.
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| 3rd Person Point of View | a story told by a narrator outside the action and was not a character in the story-
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| Tone | the author's attitude toward the subject
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| Symbol/Symbolism | is anything that stands for or represents something else.
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| Figurative Language | writing or speaking in a way that is not to be taken literally. Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole
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| Foreshadowing | clues about events yet to cone in the story
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| Flashback | a scene that presents an event that occurred before the time of the story.
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