Name__________________________________

Literature-_____

Date__________________

Miss Giordano

#1 Setting

#2 Hook

#3Characterization
#4 Protagonist
#5 Antagonist
#6 Foreshadowing

#7 Point of View
-1st person narrative
-2nd person narrative
-3rd person narrative
#8 Style
#9 Tone
#10 Mood
#11 Plot

#12 Exposition/
Introduction
#13 Rising Action

The time and place in which the story

occurs
-hour
-month
-year
-season
Usually the first/second sentence in a
story/novel that grabs the attention of the
reader
The people (or animals) and their physical
characteristics and personality traits,
including their thoughts and feelings
The hero/heroine of the story
The villain/ enemy of the story
A hint or clue of what is to come later in the
story
Who the narrator is and who the narrator is
addressing
-1st person narrative = I
-2nd person narrative = you
-3rd person narrative = he/she
The particular way in which a piece of
literature is written (Formal,
conversational, wordy, ornate)
The atmosphere or feeling of the story
The authors attitude
A chain of events that consist of 5 elements
including:
1.
Exposition/Introduction
2.
Rising Action
3.
Climax
4.
Falling Action
5.
Conclusion/Resolution
The beginning of the story in which several
elements are introduced
When the problem (the conflict) in the
story is introduced and intensifies

#14 Climax

#15 Falling Action

#16 Resolution/
Conclusion
#17 Conflict

The highest point of the story; the turning

point; the AHH moment; the exciting,
amazing part!
What happens that follows the climax when
the conflict is solved/resolved
The end of the story
The problem in the story

#18 External Conflict

Man vs. nature or

Man vs. his environment; a problem that
one has with someone or something else

#19 Internal Conflict

Man vs. himself; A problem that one has

within him/herself

#20 Epitaph

A poem, famous quote, or other short

excerpt that precedes a
story/novel/chapter
The message about life that the author
gives the reader
A contrast between what is expected and
what actually happens; a technique using
surprising, interesting, or amusing
contradictions
A literary type, form, or category:
-drama
-tragedy
-science fiction
-historical fiction
The similarities of two separate things that
are shown through comparison using like
or as
The difference(s) in the language of the
structure, tone, or imagery
A word or phrase that reveals: sight, taste,
touch, hearing, smelling
A character, action, setting, or an object
that represents something else; something
that represents something else tangibly
or intangibly
Words that describe what they sound like
An indirect reference to another famous
person, literary work, event or place; a
figure of speech that refers to a wellknown object or thing

#21 Theme

#22 Irony

#23 Genre

#24 Simile

#25 Contrast
#26 Imagery

#27 Symbolism

#28 Onomatopoeia
#29 Allusion

#30 Suspense
#31 Alliteration

#32 Analogy
#33 Figure of
Speech/Figurative
Language

#34 Metaphor
#35 Personification
#36 Biblical
Reference
#37 Hyperbole
#38 Assonance
#39 Anecdote

The anxiety that we feel about what will

happen next in a story
The repetition of the same consonant
sounds or different vowel sounds at the
beginning of words or stressed syllables
A point-by-point comparison of two like
thingsusually used to introduce
something unfamiliar
A word or phrase that states something
that is not literally true in order to create
an effect:
-simile
-metaphor
-personification
The comparison of one thing to another
WITHOUT the use of like or as
Giving something human-like qualities
using animals, ideas or inanimate objects
How Gods Holy Word applies to the story
A great exaggeration
The repetition of vowel sounds within
words in a line of poetry
A short account of a story of something
happening or about some person

#40 Idiom

A style, manner, form of speech that is not

literal, but rather figurative

#41
Melodrama

A drama, such as a play, film, or television

program, characterized by exaggerated
emotions, stereotypical characters, and
interpersonal conflicts.
A conversation between two or more
people

#42
Dialogue