Literary Terms Study Guide

• Exposition

• Rising action

• Climax

• Falling action-denouement

• Conflict

• Characterization

• Static Characters

• Dynamic Characters

• Motive

• Setting

• Theme

• Point of View

• First person POV 

• Third person limited POV

• Third person omnicient POV

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

• Mood

• Description

• Imagery

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Figurative Language