Literary Terms

What is Setting?

• the time and place in which the story takes place.

• words that describe character's personality or qualities that make.

• attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

• element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What is conflict?

• element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

• any struggle between opposing forces, usually, the main character struggles against some other force.

• using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

• words that describe character's personality or qualities that make.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is Tone?

• the time and place in which the story takes place.

• words that describe character's personality or qualities that make.

• attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience.

• element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is Mood?

• element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.

• any struggle between opposing forces, usually, the main character struggles against some other force.

• using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

• words that describe character's personality or qualities that make.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What are Character Traits?

• a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature

• words that describe character's personality or qualities that make.

• using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

• two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side in a narrative or a poem, for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

What is symbolism?

• hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a book

• using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

• two or more ideas, places, characters, and actions are placed side by side for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.

• a relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is context clues?

• hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a book

• using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

• two or more ideas, places, characters, and actions are placed side by side for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.

• a relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is cause effect?

• hints that an author gives to help define a difficult or unusual word within a book

• using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

• two or more ideas, places, characters, and actions are placed side by side for the purpose of developing comparisons and contrasts.

• a relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What is point of view?

• a shortened version of a text that highlights its key points.

• the similarities and differences between two or more elements in a literary piece

• the way the author allows you to “see” and “hear” what's going on.

• a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is a summary?

• a shortened version of a text that highlights its key points.

• the similarities and differences between two or more elements in a literary piece

• the way the author allows you to “see” and “hear” what's going on.

• a universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C