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