Finals Review: Literary Terms

When the author shows/tells the audience what the personality of the character is.

• Characterization

• Personification

• Idiom

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.

• Theme

• Symbolism

• Connotation

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When something happens that the reader wouldn’t have expected to happen.

• Situational Irony

• Allusion

• Theme

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Words and phrases that appeal to readers five senses.

• Imagery

• Onomatopoeia

• Conflict

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The series of events consisting of characters, actions and conflict in a story.

• setting

• theme

• plot

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The struggle between a character and an outside force.

• the dark side
• internal conflict
• external conflcit
• life

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The struggle occurring within the character's mind.

• Internal Conflict
• External Conlict
• Mind Conflict
• Decision Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An atmosphere created by a writer's word choice and the details selected; the emotions of a scene; how it makes the reader feel.

• tone
• monotone
• mood
• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Creates a surprise ending that defies the audience's exception. (We expect one thing, but we get another).

• verbal irony
• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• ironing board

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Where a character says the opposite of what they mean.

• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony
• Flat iron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3