1. Literary Terms Set One
English I

2. Protagonist
Antagonist
Narrator
Character
Setting
Conflict

3. Examples:
Protagonist-
Antagonist-
Setting-

4. CONFLICT Internal- Man vs. Himself External- Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Society

5. Sequence of events in a story
PLOT
Sequence of events in a story

6. Plot Elements Exposition Narrative Hook Rising Action Climax
Falling Action
Resolution (Denouement)

7. Exposition:
Background Information
Narrative Hook:
Catches your attention by
introducing the story’s conflict

8. Rising Action: Adds complications of details to the story to advance the plot
Climax: Turning point of the story

9. Falling Action: Result of the climax
Resolution: The final outcome of the story

10. SUSPENSE
Growing feeling of excitement or anxiety that makes the reader wonder what will happen next

11. Genre: Category of literature
Ex: Novel
Short Story: A brief fictional prose narrative that may be read in one sitting
Fiction: Literary work of the imagination

12. FLASHBACK
Break in time sequence when character returns to an earlier time by remembering the past

13. FORESHADOWING
Clues or hints to the future to prepare the reader for up-coming plot development

14. Review Genre Plot Short Story Antagonist Climax Narrative Hook
Resolution
External Conflict

15. Rising Action
Protagonist
Flashback
Fiction
Narrator
Exposition
Falling Action
Foreshadowing
Internal Conflict