Literary Terms

the message; the general truth about life, the central idea

• Theme
• Setting
• Tone
• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the time, place and conditions of the story

• Perspective
• Flashback
• Setting
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the eyes through which the story is told.

• perspective
• point of view
• Narrator
• Character

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

a particular attitude toward a topic, subjective

• Point of view
• Narrator
• Tone
• Perspective

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

the person chosen by the author to tell the story

• Narrator
• Character
• Theme
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a conversation between two or more characters in a narrative

• Dialogue
• Mood
• Climax
• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the series of events presented in chronological order that make up the story

• Plot
• Theme
• Climax
• Charaterization

Tags

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

the problem confronting the protagonist

• Tone
• Conflict
• Climax
• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an interest building in the reader. The reader wonders at the outcome.

• Climax
• Suspense
• Resolution
• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the most intense, exciting, or important point of the story.

• Conflict
• Tone
• Suspense
• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C