Mrs. Painter Literary Terms

Climax

• Dictionary definition of a word

• The most important or exciting event in a story

• A comparison not using like or as

• Giving human qualities to an object

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

Conflict

• Giving human qualities to an object

• A disagreement or clash between or among characters, a problem

• The story line or sequence of events

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

Connotation

• Subjective or suggestive meaning of a word

• The use of words that imitate a sound

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

• Dictionary definition of a word

Denotation

• The words spoken by a character

• Dictionary definition of a word

• The most important or exciting event in a story

• Somebody's way of thinking about a subject, personal opinion, perspective

Dialogue

• Two contradicting words used together for a special effect

• The words spoken by a character

• Somebody's way of thinking about a subject, personal opinion, perspective

• A scene or event from the past, usually appears out of chronological order

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3B

Flashback

• The story line or sequence of events

• A scene or event from the past, usually appears out of chronological order

• The words spoken by a character

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

Foreshadowing

• To indicate or suggest something that is going to happen in the future

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

• The use of words that imitate a sound

• Deliberate and obvious exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

Hyperbole

• Repeating something

• Deliberate and obvious exaggeration

• Dictionary definition of a word

• Giving human qualities to an object

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

Idiom

• A word or phrase that is different from the literal meaning of the words

• Giving human qualities to an object

• Something that stands for or represents something else

• Words that produce a mental set of pictures

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.5.5B

Imagery

• The use of words that imitate a sound

• Words that produce a set of mental pictures

• Time period or place in which events in a story occur

• Comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4