Literary Terminology Terms

a category or type of literature

• theme

• literature

• genre

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the 3 criteria of a short story (developed  by Edgar Allen Poe)

• create one emotional effect
• short enough to be read in one sitting (30 minutes or less)
• every word, character, or incident must contribute to the emotional effect
• all of them

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What are the reasons for reading? 

• Pleasure
• Insight
• Our teacher makes us
• both pleasure and insight

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Man vs. Man

Man vs. Himself

Man vs. Nature

Man vs. Fate/Destiny

Man vs. Society

Man vs. Technology

Man vs. Unknown/Supernatural

• tone

• plot

• types of conflict

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

establishes the setting; introduces characters; sows seeds for future conflicts

• denoument
• rising action
• plot
• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a series of crises followed by epiphanies that build in intensity

• rising action
• falling action
• climax
• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the moment of highest emotional intensity from which the outcome can be seen

• plot
• conflict
• falling action
• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

usually the shortest part of the story; follows the climax in which the pieces of the story begin to settle

• resolution
• falling action
• exposition
• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

also called the denoument; suspense is ended with the final unraveling of the conflict

• resolution
• exposition
• plot
• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the sequence of events in a story; without conflict, it cannot exist

• plot
• theme
• tone
• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3