| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Genre | a category of literature; the three main literary genres are prose, poetry, and drama |
| Short Story | a brief work of fiction in which the main character faces a conflict that is resolved by the end of the story |
| Mood | a feeling or atmosphere the writer creates for the reader |
| Setting | the time and place in which the action of a story occurs |
| Theme | the main idea of a literary work |
| Foreshadowing | the writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events and situations that will occur later in the plot |
| Characterization | the methods that the writer uses to develop characters |
| Internal Conflict | a character's conflict with himself/herself |
| External Conflict | a character's conflict with an outside force |
| Point of View | the perspective from which a story is told |
| Narrator | a speaker or character who tells a story |
| First-person Narrator | a character inside the story who tells the story from the I perspective |
| Third-person Narrator | a character outside of a story who tells a story from the he/she perspective |
| Third-person Omniscient | the all-knowing narrator; this narrator sees into the minds of more than one character |
| Third-person Limited | a narrator who tells only what one character thinks, feels, and observes |
| Plot | the sequence of events in a literary work |
| Exposition | the introduction to the tone, the setting, and the characters in the story |
| Rising Action | all of the events that lead to the climax, starting with the inciting incident |
| Climax | the high point of interest or suspense |
| Falling Action | all events leading to the resolution |
| Resolution | end of the conflict |
| Denoument | all events that come after the resolution |
| Situational Irony | the difference between what happens and what the character or reader thinks will happen |
Combine with other sets
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