SUMMER READING

LITERARY TERMS

2007

Explain each term as it applies to your novel. Use Examples and a brief plot summary to illustrate your ideas. Your answers may be limited to one or two sentences. Please use composition paper.

1. Plot - The events of the story in sequential order

2. Setting - Where and when the story takes place

3. Characters - List and identify the major characters

4. Conflict - A struggle between opposing forces or characters

5. Narrator - Who is telling the story

6. Climax - The high point of interest or suspense

7. Conclusion - How the story ends

8. Theme - The central lesson, message, or purpose of the story

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