Literary Elements Vocab

Front

The Climax is

Back

character has a change and the conflict is resolved.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

A character with a main role or significant action is

Back

major character

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

A character who changes throughout the story

Back

dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Author directly reveals character traits.

Back

direct characterization

Front

Inference about a character when not directly stated.

Back

indirect characterization

Front

Readers' feelings while reading a story or text is called...

Back

mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Front

Author's attitude towards a subject is called...

Back

tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Front

When the problem increases and action builds, it is called the

Back

rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Details about past events.

Back

flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

An author ends a story with a passage about characters' later lives.

Back

True

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5