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 Theme 2 Climax 3 Exposition 4 Rising action 5 Plot 6 Round character 7 Foreshadow 8 Falling action 9 Conflict 10 Setting 11 Flat character 12 Symbol 13 Resolution highest point of action or suspense in a story the time and place of the story an object that represents something larger than itself a hint of what is to come later in the story 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 a struggle between two opposing forces one who goes through a change in a story one who remains the same throughout a story the main message of a story events of a story that lead toward closure the main events of a story events of the story that build toward the point of highest action