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Foreshadow Literary Terms
Foreshadow Literary Terms
Literary Terms
By: Brian, Rachel, and Eddie
Plot
The main event of a play, novel, or similar
work, devised and presented by the writer
as an interrelated sequence.
Example- The plot to the play was very
captivating.
Setting
The time and place at which an event in a
play, book, film takes place.
Example-the setting was at a cold lonely
house in Wisconsin.
Point-of-view
A particular attitude or way of considering a
matter.
Example-The point of view for the story was
in third person omniscient.
Characterization
Describing the distinctive nature or features
of something.
Example-The Grinch’s character is a stingy
beast with a heart three sizes to small.
Theme
Is the subject of writing or talking; a
person’s thoughts about an exhibition.
Example-The theme of the book was
honesty.
Alliteration
The occurrence of the same letter or sound
at the beginning of adjacent or closely
connected words.
Example-An example is the Mother Goose