Literary Terms!!!

The time and place of a story.

• Setting
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A series of related events that make up a story.

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A character that opposes the protagonist.

• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• Guide
• Problem

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The central character of a literary work

• Antagonist
• Villian
• Protagonist
• Guide

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The turning point or greatest point of tension.

• Rising Action
• Threshold
• Falling Action
• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The development of conflict, character, and complications that the protagonist goes through.

• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Climax
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Results of the highest point of tension and how the characters are affected.

• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Climax
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The end of a literary work where loose ends are tied up and the questions are answered.

• Threshold
• Rising Action
• Falling Action
• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The point of a story when the protagonist enters into their journey to solve their main problem/conflict

• Exposition
• Threshold
• Rising Action
• Falling Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which of the following is NOT part of the setting of a story?

• Environment
• Intensity
• Location
• Time

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3