Literary Terms

When a character acts differently or does something we didn't expect.

• Contrast and Contradiction

• Memory Moment

• Prediction

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When a character suddenly realizes something important.

• Tough Question

• Aha Moment

• Words of the Wiser

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

When a character asks themselves a question that doesn't have an easy answer.

• Theme

• Again and Again

• Repetition

• Tough Question

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Advice or insights wiser characters, usually older, offer about life to the main character.

• Prediction

• Climax

• Words of the Wiser

• Aha Moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Events, images, or particular words that reoccur (happen multiple times) throughout a text or an important part of it

• Inference

• Climax

• Memory Moment

• Again and Again

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Thinking back in time by a character that interrupts the forward progress of the story.

• Memory Moment

• Theme

• Words of the Wiser

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

When words or phrases are repeated in a story

• Theme

• Words of the Wiser

• Repetition

• Contrast and Contradiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The moment the story is building up to, and after everything changes.

• Theme

• Climax

• Aha Moment

• Prediction

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A statement someone makes about what they think will happen in a story.

• Inference

• Theme

• Aha Moment

• Prediction

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Series of events that make up a story

• Theme

• Again and Again

• Plot

• Aha Moment

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.4.5