Prose Literary Terms & Parts of Speech

a type or category of literature

• characterization

• genre

• plot

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

ordinary written; the two main elements are sentences and paragraphs

• genre

• theme

• prose

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

central message or purpose of the literary work; it reveals a message about people or life

• theme

• prose

• conflict

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

a struggle in the story , starts the rising action

• climax

• exposition

• rising action

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

a logical series of events having a beginning, a middle, and an end

• expostion

• resolution

• plot

• prose

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

background information & introduction of the characters and the setting

• rising action

• exposition

• falling action

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the angle from which a story is told; the perspective

• mood

• characterization

• symbolism

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

the process by an author reveals the personality of a character

• mood

• characterization

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

refers to the reader’s feelings

• mood

• tone

• characterization

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

words and phrases that appeal to the reader’s five senses

• symbolism

• imagery

• mood

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5