Common Literary Terms

What is theme?

• The central idea in a work of literature

• The main character in a story

• When and where the story takes place

• The perspective from which the story is told

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a symbol?

• When and where the story takes place

• A comparison using like or as

• An object that stands for or represents something else

• The moral of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a flashback?

• A feeling of uncertainty in a literary work

• A scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to show what happened at an earlier time

• Hints about what will happen later in the story

• The sequence of events in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is 1st person point of view?

• One of the characters in the story is telling the story

• The narrator is not a character but can tell the actions of all the characters and the thoughts of one character

• The narrator plays no part in the story but is all knowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is 3rd person limited point of view?

• One of the characters in the story is telling the story

• The narrator is not a character but can tell the actions of all the characters and the thoughts of one character

• The narrator plays no part in the story but is all knowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is 3rd person omniscient point of view?

• One of the characters in the story is telling the story

• The narrator is not a character but can tell the actions of all the characters and the thoughts of one character

• The narrator plays no part in the story but is all knowing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is author's purpose?

• The universal truth in the story

• When and where the story takes place

• The author's reason for writing

• The big idea of the story

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Which of the following is the particular way in which an author writes a story? This reflects the author's personality.

• Theme

• Setting

• Point of view

• Style

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing?

• Bias

• Style

• Author's purpose

• Rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is it when a writer makes a one-sided presentation of an issue?

• Rhetoric

• Author's purpose

• Bias

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6