Lit Term Words
Plot - A series of related events.
Suspense - A moment in a plot that causes you to question what is going to happen next.
Conflict - The problem/struggle against two characters.
External Conflict - A person or between a character and something.
Internal Conflict - When the conflict takes place inside a characters mind.
Theme - The central idea or writer’s message.
Allegory - A story in which the characters and setting stand for certain people or events.
Irony - The difference between what you expect to happen and what actually happens.
Allusion - A reference to a person, place, events, things that is know from literature, history, and politics.
Point of View - The type of narration used (1st/2nd person).
Imagery - Description aimed at the senses.
Stereotype – A fixed idea of a character which does not allow for any individually.
Simile - A comparison that uses like or as.
Personification - Using human characteristics to describe a non-human thing.
Flashback - A point in a story that goes back to a previous point in the story.
Resolution - The part of the story where the problem is solved.
Metaphor - A comparison between two unlike things that does not use like or as.
Symbol - A concrete object that represents an abstract idea.
Tone - The attitude the writer uses to tell the story.
Autobiography - A story about a person’s life written by that person.
Satire - Writing that is meant to expose the weakness of a person or group.
Foreshadowing - A clue of what is to come in a story.