Matching Pairs Literary Terms MemoryOnline version Match the term with the correct definition and then note the definition in your terms and definitions chart. by Lindsey Leeth 1 Plot 2 Symbol 3 Theme 4 Rising action 5 Climax 6 Falling action 7 Foreshadow 8 Conflict 9 Round character 10 Flat character 11 Exposition 12 Setting 13 Resolution the part of the story where the main problem is worked out and the story ends the part of a story in which the setting, characters, and conflicts are introduced highest point of action or suspense in a story the time and place of the story one who goes through a change in a story an object that represents something larger than itself a hint of what is to come later in the story the main message of a story the main events of a story events of the story that build toward the point of highest action a struggle between two opposing forces one who remains the same throughout a story events of a story that lead toward closure