Literary Elements

A simile is...

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison NOT using like or as

• the main events of the story

• using an object to represent something else

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Where and when the story takes place is the...

• plot

• climax

• setting

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Define symbolism.

• the struggle that a character has to overcome

• Using an object to represent something else

• a comparison using like or as

• a decisive moment that is a turning point in the plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a metaphor?

• where and when a story takes place

• a comparison using like or as

• giving human qualities to something nonhuman

• a comparison NOT using like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The climax of the story is...

• a decisive moment that is a major turning point in the plot

• the solution to a problem in a story

• when an object is used to represent something else

• the issue that the characters have to overcome

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

The unfolding or solution of a complicated issue in a story is the...

• setting

• resolution

• alliteration

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

This literary element highlights and explains the details of a character and the type of person they are.

• conflict

• setting

• characterization

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

Giving a nonhuman human qualities is called...

• plot

• characterization

• antagonist

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is it called when the opposite of the expected outcome occurs?

• irony

• metaphor

• simile

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is dramatic/situational irony?

• the audience knows something that the characters don't

• when a character says the opposite of what is expected

• when the exact opposite of what is supposed to happen, happens

• when a character does the opposite of what is expected

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5