7th grade Literary Terms (25-26)

Terms that are so LIT that it is LITerally in the name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fiction

prose writing that tells about imaginary characters or events short stories are an examples of this type of writing some writers base their writing on actual events and people adding invented characters dialogue settings and plots. other writers rely on imagination alone

novel

a long work of fiction it contains such elements as characters plot conflict and setting the writer develops these elements in addition to a main plot it may contain one or more subplots or independent related stories it may also have several themes

Novella

a fiction work that is longer than a short story but shorter than a novel

Short story

a brief work of fiction like a novel it presents a sequence of events or plot the plot usually deals with a central conflict faced by a main

Plot

sequence of events in a literary work in which one event follows

exposition

sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next. In most novels, dramas, short stories, and narrative poems, it involves both characters and a central conflict.

rising action

the events that increase the tension

climax

the turning point in the story. It is the high point in the action of the plot. it is the moment of greatest tension when the outcome of the plot hangs in the balance

falling action

is the part of a story when the conflict lessens; events that follow the climax

resolution

is the story’s conclusion; final outcome is achieved; loose ends are tied up

Character

 a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work the main or major one is the most important in a story poem or play a minor one is one who takes part in the action but is not the focus of attention

Setting

the time and place of the action it in includes all the details of a place and time the year the time of day even the weather

Theme

a central message, concern, or purpose of a literary work it can usually be expressed as a generalization or a general statement about human beings or about life it is not a summary of the plot

Point of view

the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told it is either a narrator outside the story or a character in the story

Conflict

a struggle or problem between opposing forces it is one of the most important elements of stories novels and plays because it causes the action there are two types external and internal

figurative language

is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally. The many types are known as figures of speech. Common figures of speech include metaphor, personification, and simile. Writers use these techniques to satte ideas in vivid and imaginative ways

Hyperbole

A form of figurative language the uses exaggeration for effect

Imagery

a technique of writing with images

Images

Words or phrases that