Literary Terms Flashcards

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Main Idea

Back

what a piece of writing is MOSTLY ABOUT

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

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Summary

Back

gives the MAIN IDEA and IMPORTANT DETAILS of a passage

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Theme

Back

more generally state TOPIC concerning a passage's MAIN IDEA

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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Genre

Back

a CLASSIFICATION of LITERATURE, such as fiction, drama, poetry

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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Fiction

Back

a type of literature that tells a MADE-UP story

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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Non-Fiction

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a type of lit. that tells about REAL-LIFE people, places, events, & things

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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Drama

Back

A PLAY written to be performed by actors

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Myth

Back

a folktale about GODS and GODDESSES

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

Tall Tale

Back

an AMERICAN HERO folktale full of extreme exaggerations

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

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Fable

Back

a folktale, usually with TALKING ANIMALS, that always has a moral to it.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5