Literary Terms

The moral or message readers should learn from the story  (Does the character learn something or change?  How is conflict resolved?)

• Climax
• Key Detail
• Conflict
• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

main character who carries the action forward; in almost every scene (hero)

• 1st person point of view
• antagonist
• protagonist
• 3rd person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

How the text makes the reader feel (Ex. Peaceful, eerie, humorous, sad)

• description
• mood
• analysis
• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama

• narrator
• personification
• characters
• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Uses "I" and is usually the main character in the story

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person point of view
• biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Comparison of unlike things that uses "like" "as" or "than" (Ex. This room is like an oven.)

• idiom
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)

• hyperbole
• imagery
• simile
• personficiation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Text that comes from the story used to support your analysis

• denotative meaning
• connotative meaning
• text evidence
• summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

character or force who opposes the protagonist (villain)

• indirect characterization
• direct characterization
• antagonist
• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the narrator or a character in the story tells us exactly what we need to know about a character

• anecdote
• direct characterization
• indirect characterization
• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3