Literary Terms Review

He was a tree,  tall and willowy

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• idiom

If I don't get that smart phone I will die!

• hyperbole
• imagery
• idiom
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Hyperboles are phrases that

• compare two unlike things
• exaggerate
• give person-like qualities to animals and things
• have a different meaning than the words.

What is Imagery?

• visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
• a joke
• It's nothing Ms. Spaulding just made it up
• phrases that explain the nature of things

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_{A universal life lesson or statement about life or human nature. The message of the story.}

• Plot
• Summary
• Central Idea
• Theme

Where a writer/narrator gives an advance hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. Any event, action, dialogue or thought that gives a clue to what is going to happen.

• irony
• flashback
• foreshadowing
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The part of a story that introduces the characters and setting is called...

• the exposition
• the climax
• the conflict
• the resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

The part of the story that is the "turning point" where the problem is about to be solved is called the...

• setting
• conflict
• climax
• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the writer's choice of how the narrator will tell the story?

• characterization
• style
• point of view
• fiction

What is the author's attitude toward a subject?

• tone
• mood
• theme
• style

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3