Literary Terms!!!

The time and place of a story.

• Setting
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Resolution

A series of related events that make up a story.

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Plot

A character that opposes the protagonist.

• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Guide
• Problem

The central character of a literary work

• Antagonist
• Villian
• Protagonist
• Guide

The turning point or greatest point of tension.

• Rising Action
• Threshold
• Falling Action
• Climax

The development of conflict, character, and complications that the protagonist goes through.

• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Climax
• Resolution

Results of the highest point of tension and how the characters are affected.

• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Climax
• Resolution

The end of a literary work where loose ends are tied up and the questions are answered.

• Threshold
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Resolution

The point of a story when the protagonist enters into their journey to solve their main problem/conflict

• Exposition
• Threshold
• Rising Action
• Falling Action

Which of the following is NOT part of the setting of a story?

• Environment
• Intensity
• Location
• Time

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CCSS.RL.7.3