1st Qtr Literary Terms & Elements

Her long hair was a flowing river of gold.

The characters, setting, and problem are introduced

1-2 character traits are revealed about this type of character

The events in the story leading to the resolution

The wind whipped and howled as the darkening sky crept upon the island.

The central idea or message about life in the story

A scene which takes the reader to an earlier part of the story

Foreshadowing

Something that stands for itself and something beyond itself, red = love or blood

The writer's attitude toward his/her subject or characters

A character that develops throughout the story, positive or negative

All the events in a literary work

This character poses a problem for another character

How the writer depicts characters is called

Seth is upset that his dad will force him to go to med school

These events lead to the climax of the story

The main character in a literary work

This character does not change regardless of circumstances

The character that experiences the most dramatic change

The general feeling or impression conveyed by a passage, created by word choice, colors...

Something unexpected happens

Language based on using figures of speech; not literal

The highest point of interest or turning point in a story