Literary Terms

The atmosphere or feeling in a literary work is called the

• Conflict

• Protagonist

• Mood

• Text Features

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CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A struggle or problem in the story for the main character is the

• Protagonist

• Metaphor

• Flashback

• Confict

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CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

A prediction or hints of what will happen is called

• foreshadowing

• personification

• alliteration

• genre

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"Life is like a box of chocolates" is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"My cat is a log" is an example of

• metaphor

• simile

• allusion

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Giving non-human objects human characteristics is called

• foreshawdowing

• personification

• dialect

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

When you are asked to write a claim first you should

• Find a piece of evidence

• Echo and Answer

• Interpret your evidence

• Connect your evidence

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

Another term for evidence is

• A Direct Quote

• A Claim

• An Answer

• A Connection

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

When an author takes the reader back in time to a memory, he/she is using the technique called:

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Dialect

• Flashback

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

"Bob built a brilliant boat" is an example of:

• Forshadowing

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4