Literary Terms and Concepts

Front

Central Message

Back

Most important idea/theme

Front

Determine

Back

Conclude after reasoning

Front

Explain

Back

Describe in more detail

Front

Fable

Back

A short story with animals as characters sharing a moral

Front

Key Details

Back

Important words or phrases that support central message

Front

Moral

Back

Lesson learned

Front

Literal Language

Back

Words that mean exactly what they say, e.g., 'The sun is hot'

Front

Non-Literal Language

Back

Words say something different than meaning, e.g., 'raining cats and dogs' means raining hard.