Literary Elements

Front

Simile

Back

A comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Where and when the story takes place is the...
Options: plot, climax, setting, resolution

Back

setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Front

Symbolism

Back

Using an object to represent something else

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

What is a metaphor?

Back

a comparison NOT using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

The climax of the story is...

Back

a decisive moment that is a major turning point in the plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story is the...

Back

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Front

This literary element highlights and explains the details of a character and the type of person they are.

Back

characterization

Front

Giving a nonhuman human qualities is called...

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

What is it called when the opposite of the expected outcome occurs?

Back

irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Front

What is dramatic/situational irony?

Back

the audience knows something that the characters don't

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A