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