Lit Terms

1. the most exciting part of the story
5. a contradiction or when the audience knows something that the characters do not know.
7. two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
9. the main character that is trying to accomplish something
10. the end of a story where questions are answered
11. the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
12. how the author feels about what they are writing or saying
14. the central idea of a text
16. the narrator knows all
18. compare two things without using like or as

2. a reference to a statement, person, place, event, or thing that is known from literature, history, religion, myth, politics, or some other field of knowledge
3. opposes the main character
4. clues that hint at what is going to happen in a story
6. the overall emotion created in a work of literature
8. the series of events in a story
13. the reasons that a character is compelled to act in a certain way
15. the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced
17. a struggle of issue between characters, forces, or emotions