Literary Terms Assessment

The life lesson learned or moral of the story

• setting

• theme

• conflict

• resolution

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

how the story ends; how the conflict is resolved

• genre

• plot

• introduction

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The time and place of a story

• the conflict

• the introduction

• the setting

• the resolution

The beginning of the story where characters, setting, and problem are introduced

• exposition

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

The most exciting part of a story; the moment of greatest suspense or action

• conflict

• climax

• exposition

• resolution

The sequence of events in a story

• point of view

• resolution

• exposition

• plot

a struggle or problem between opposing forces or characters

• theme

• point of view

• conflict

• exposition

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

Tone means...

•  the feel of a story
• the attitude of the writer toward his or her subject(s)
• the pitch of a noise
• the personal opinions of the author

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

In a story, point of view means... 

• whose perspective the author uses to tell the story
• whether or not a story has a narrator
• the author's opinion about the events in the story 
• what the reader can see about the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The difference between connotation and denotation is...

• Connotation is what a word implies, and denotation is the literal definition. 
• Nothing, they're synonyms.
• Denotation is what a word implies, and connotation is the literal definition.
• Everything, they're antonyms. 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B