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Literary Terms

Theme The author’s message or reason for writing the story.

Setting Where and when the story took place

Plot The outline of events in a story

Protagonist The hero of the story

Antagonist Usually the villain (or bad person) in the story.

Dynamic Character Character who grows or changes through out the story

Static Character Character who stays the same throughout the story

Flat Character Character with just one trait

Round Character Character with many different traits

Conflict What the character desires and what prevents he/she from getting it.

Internal Conflict The conflict is in the main character who is fighting between two emotions or desires

Rising Action Everything that happens before the Climax; the buildup of the story.

Climax The turning point in the story

Falling Action Everything that happens after the climax.

Resolution How the conflict is solved

Exposition The beginning of the story that explains what is happening

Foreshadowing Clues that suggest events that haven’t happened yet

Symbol Anything that stands for or represents something else

1st Person Narrator The story is told from the character’s point of view

3rd Person Narrator who is outside telling the story

Plot Diagram