Literary Text Terms

where and when a story takes place

• in the park
• outside
• setting
• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

words that characters speak

• dialogue
• speech
• direction
• announcement

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.3B

sequence of events in a story

• characters
• setting
• climax
• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.W.8.3A

CCSS.W.8.3C

pattern of rhymed words at the ends of lines

• poetry
• rhyme scheme
• short line
• rhythm

goes beyond its dictionary meaning and is based on comparisons

• compare and contrast
• figurative language
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

description of a nonhuman subject as if it were human

• character
• noncharacter
• personification
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

an expression whose meaning goes beyond the literal meaning of its words

• real meaning
• false assumption
• false interpretation
• idiom

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

exaggeration used to create emphasis

• simile
• hyperbole
• metaphor
• Haiku

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

main ideas and most important details of a piece of writing

• summarizing
• supporting details
• paraphrase
• editing

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

restate a passage in your own words

• summarize
• supporting details
• figurative language
• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.W.8.4