ENG III Final - Literary Terms Review

The narrative perspective from which events of a story or novel are told, whether it is from a narrator or from a voice outside the action.

• Characterization

• Point of view

• Narration

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The descriptive words and phrases that a writer uses to recreate sensory experiences

• Imagery

• Adjectives

• Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

The writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience.

• Author's purpose

• Mood

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur in the story

• Suspense

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

An indirect reference to a person, place, event, or literary work with which the author believes the reader will be familiar.

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Any struggle between opposing forces that is the basis of a story’s plot.

• External conflict

• Internal conflict

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

The excitement or tension that reader feel as they become involved in a story and eagerly await the outcome.

• Tension

• Suspense

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A rhetorical device in which a sound, word, or phrase is reused for emphasized unity, often to reinforce meaning.

• Repetition

• Rhythm

• Restatement

The reason behind an author's work, whether it is to inform, to entertain, to express himself or the persuade readers to believe or something.

• Author's intentions

• Author's purpose

• Motivation

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The underlying message that a writer wants the reader to understand about life or human nature which are often not directly stated and must be inferred.

• Lesson

• Moral

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2