Literary Terms Word Bank

Incase you need a quick reference to the Literary Terms and Devices we will be referring to and discovering all year, here they are:

Plot

Literary Devices

Metaphor

Idiom

Exposition/Basic Situation

Protagonist

Climax

Rising Action/Complications

Denotation

Connotation

Symbolism

Resolution

Theme

Analogy

Antagonist

Internal Conflict

External Conflict

Direct Characterization

Indirect Characterization

Foreshadowing

Dialogue

Flashback

Parallel Episodes

Setting

Subplot

Point of View

-Third-Person Limited Point of View

Mood

Tone

Diction

Dialect

Imagery

Simile

Hyperbole

Irony

Personification

Allusion

-First-Person Point of View

Conflict

-Omniscient Point of View