Literary Terms- 5th Grade

What is the lesson, message, or moral of a story?

• theme

• verse

• genre

• prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

What is an educated guess drawn from text evidence and prior knowledge?

• assonance

• dialogue

• topic sentence

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

What is a type of literature that tells a story through characters played by actors, meant to be performed with stage directions?

• drama

• topic

• climax

• summary

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.4.7

What is a passage taken from a book?

• verse

• metaphor

• excerpt

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the reason the author has for writing? There are three types!

• supporting details

• point of view

• author's purpose

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

What is the time and place of a story?

• setting

• theme

• idiom

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

What is a narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety

• foreshadowing

• point of view

• onomatopoeia

• personfication

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What events after the climax and leads to the resolution?

• text structure

• alliteration

• rising action

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is a word that imitates the sound it represents?

• dialogue

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is a direct comparison without using like or as?

• simile

• metaphor

• genre

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D