Literary Terms

In a piece of narrative text, what is the "theme"?

• What the story is about
• The topic of the text
• A message the author is trying to get across to the reader
• Where and when the story happens

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

A hint or clue in a story that suggests some action is to follow to create interest or suspense is called:

• foreshadowing
• stereotyping
• allusion
• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is conflict?

• Two characters getting along.
• A struggle between two opposing forces.
• The climax in a story.
• Part of the resolution.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The Antagonist is the...

• the main character

• the person working against the protagonist.

• a flat character

• minor character

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Static Characters...

• do not change during the story
• have little or no detail
• have lots of detail
• change during the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Not only was Matthew athletic, but he was popular with classmates, avid reader, and a promising musician.
What type of character is Matthew?

• flat character
• round character
• static character
• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What type of character trait is the following example?
Jake walked around the lunchroom.  For every new student he saw, he stopped and said hello and gave them a fist bump.

• talented
• friendly
• adventurous
• humorous

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Exclaiming “Oh great!” after failing an exam

• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A movie you are watching shows a woman jogging in the woods.  The next scene shows a mountain lion lying in wait down the path where the woman is jogging.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

In real life, an ambulance comes to a woman's house to take her to the hospital, hopefully to save her life.  On the way to the hospital the ambulance is hit by a semi truck and everyone on board the ambulance is killed.

• Situational Irony
• Verbal Irony
• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A