Literary Terms

Useful hints in a story to clue the reader into what will happen next

Something or someone in a story that stands for something else

Narrator is not in the story, but zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of only one character

In this moment, a character experiences a flashback to an important moment.

"I love you like a love song baby." -Selena Gomez

The clouds danced across the horizon.

A character who only has one or two simple traits; we don't know much about them

words that create a mental image, allowing readers to visualize a scene

A character who changes as a result of the story's events

This is the tense/ exciting moment is close to the end, where we find out the conflict outcome

When a character struggles against opposing desires, needs, or emotions

this is when the narrator is a character in the story and uses "I"

Narrator is not in the story, but knows all, and can tell us what all characters think and feel

When a writer tells us directly what a character is like

The narrator is not aware of what is going on in a story or is not telling the whole truth

In this moment, a character struggles with who they are or how the world sees them.

The person or force working against the main character

The way you feel when reading a section of text.

When a character struggles against an outside force

The central idea of a literary work

A character who has many different traits and depth like a real person

When the writer or speaker says one thing but means something totally different

The author's reason(s) for using imagery can be called...

This part of the story gives the setting, and introduces characters and conflicts

This part of the story includes suspense and complications

When there is a difference between what you think is going to happen, and what actually happens

Avery ate all of Anna's apples again.

"You're a sunflower"- Post Malone

When the audience or reader knows something important that a character does not

Words that the author uses to create an image

The part of the story where all problems are over & we know what will happen to the characters

The series of events that make up the story

The main character in a story

A character who does not change much through the course of the story

In this kind of moment, a character reveals (either directly or indirectly) what they want most

when the reader gets to imagine how the character speaks, looks, dresses