Literary Terms English 8 ALC

Events leading to the solving of the story's problems

The climax is the end of the story

The person telling the story

The perspective from which the story is told

Uses the pronouns "he", "she", "it"

The highest point in a story of interest or action

How events and problems of the story are solved in the end

The series of events in a literary work

Characters in a story can ONLY be people

The beginning of a story (lets the reader know the setting and characters)

The character who opposes the protagonist, the "bad guy" or villain

The main character in a literary work; often the "good guy"

1st person point of view uses the pronouns "I", "me", "my", "we"

The time (when) and place (where) of a story