1. Literary Terms

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

3. Setting
Where and when the story took place

4. Plot
The outline of events in a story

5. Protagonist
The hero of the story

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

7. Dynamic Character
Character who grows or changes through out the story

8. Static Character
Character who stays the same throughout the story

9. Flat Character
Character with just one trait

10. Round Character
Character with many different traits

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

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

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

14. Climax
The turning point in the story

15. Falling Action
Everything that happens after the climax.

16. Resolution
How the conflict is solved

17. Exposition
The beginning of the story that explains what is happening

18. Foreshadowing
Clues that suggest events that haven’t happened yet

19. Symbol
Anything that stands for or represents something else

20. 1st Person Narrator
The story is told from the character’s point of view

21. 3rd Person
Narrator who is outside telling the story

22. Plot Diagram