Literary Terms

Situational Irony

When the expected outcome of the story doesn't happen

Verbal Irony

When the speaker says something but means something completely different

Dramatic Irony

When the audience knows something that the characters in the story don't know

Foreshadowing

A literary device that gives hints about events that will come later in a story

Exposition

The background information that is essential to the story

Rising Action

A series of incidents that create suspense and interest in a story

Climax

The turning point in a story line

Falling action

Event(s) that take place after the story's climax and lead toward closure

Resolution

The part of the story's plot where the main problem is usually resolved

Tone

The feeling or atmosphere the author sets for the reader

Mood

The feeling that the reader gets from the story

Theme

A story's underlying message or big idea

Direct characterization

The author tells the reader information about a character clearly and explicitly

Indirect characterization

The author reveals information about a character through the character's actions, speech, and appearance

Point of View

The type of narrator used to tell a story

Perspective

How the narrator perceives what's happening in a story

Laurie

a kid in kindergarten who makes up a character charles

Madam Loisel

protagonist in the necklace. lady from the necklace, poor, loses friends necklace

Mr.Summers

jovial man, conducts the lottery, has no family

Tessie Hutchinson

loser of the lottery who is stoned to death

Johnny (The red chief)

kid who gets kidnapped, crazy

Della Dillingham

a poor, young married couple who don't have enough money to buy each other Christmas gifts. a person in the gift of magi