7th Grade Literary Terms

A writer or narrator's unique style of expression that often reveals the author or narrator's personality, beliefs and attitudes

• antagonist

• imagery

• voice

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through word choice, description, and figurative language

• tone

• conflict

• idiom

• prose

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the lesson about life or human nature that is conveyed in a story or literary work

• tone

• mood

• irony

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

the way a text (often nonfiction) is organized including headings, tables of contents, and graphic elements such as charts, tables, time lines, boxes, bullets, and captions

• point of view

• text organizer / text features

• summary

• paraphrasing

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

brief statement of the main events of a story

• metaphor

• details

• summary

• sensory details

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the voice or narrator of the poem

• protagonist

• paradox

• personification

• speaker

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

comparing two things using like or as

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

words and details that appeal to a reader's 5 senses (seeing, touching, tasting, hearing, smelling)

• antagonist

• foreshadowing

• author's purpose

• sensory details

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Main character in a story, play, or novel

• antagonist

• author

• irony

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

written or spoken language in its ordinary form; writing that is not poetry

• poetry

• prose

• purpose

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3