Literary Terms
Issued October 26, 2009
genre - a type or style of literature
fable - a short story that teaches a moral lesson
exposition - all the important information needed at the beginning of a story (setting, characters, etc.)
rising action - events in a story that lead to a conflict
conflict - the struggle in a story - the problem main characters face
falling action - events resulting from a conflict that lead to a resolution
moral - the lesson learned from the story
onomatopoeia - a word that describes a sound. ex. crash, boom, buzz