Literary Terms

Question	Answer
time and place of a story	setting
the idea of a story	theme
anything that shows for itself and something else	symbol
the feeling of the setting	mood
series of related events in the story	plot
changing point in a story	climax
when the story hints or clues about something that will happen in the future	foreshadowing
a character or object in a conflict with the protagonist	antagonist
how the problems and conflicts are worked out	resolution
main characer in a literary work who is often in conflict with the antagonist	protagonist
conflict in a characters mind	internal conflict
conflict that is happening outside of the charcaters mind	external conflict
comprehensive description and explination of an idea or theory	exposition
formal presentation of one one person to another in which each is told the others name	introduction

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	Created by Nick Mamula over 10 years ago