The Onion and Lit Terms

An observation of life which serves as a controlling idea in a literary work

• plot

• theme

• frame

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

The central character of a novel, drama, short story, or poem

• antagonist

• pessimist

• protagonist

• percussionist

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The adversary or rival of the protagonist

• pessimist

• antagonist

• fascist

• realist

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

A literary appeal to the five senses

• harmony

• scenery

• imagery

• landscape

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The perspective from which a narrative is told

• imagery

• irony

• tree stand

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Which type of irony involves saying one thing and doing another?

• verbal

• dramatic

• situational

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which type of irony involves the audience knowing something a character does not know?

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The part of the plot diagram where the characters, setting, mood, and atmosphere are introduced

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Exposition

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The emotional atmosphere of the story – the reader usually emotionally responds to it.

• Setting

• Mood

• Flashback

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The central problem or issue to be resolved in a plot, involving the main character struggling against other character(s) or obstacle(s)

• Conflict

• Narrator

• Satire

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3