Literary Terms!

The environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place.

• mood
• external conflict
• setting
• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a sense of a character's personality to the reader.

• Setting
• Characterization
• Personalization
• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

writing that uses like or as to compare two unlike things

• simile
• personification
• compare/contrast
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the moment in the story when the action reaches its greatest conflict

• climax
• rising action
• falling action
• description

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the arrangements of events in a story

• climax
• point of view
• plot
• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

writing that compares to unlike things but does not use like or as

• metaphor
• alliteration
• resolution
• character development

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

how the writer feels about his subject that comes through based upon the types of words chosen.

• tone
• symbol
• theme
• satire

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

how the reader feels about the story.

• theme
• allusion
• mood
• climax

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

a writer’s vivid description that help readers visualize.

• irony
• imagery
• hyperbole
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

An archetype is:

• A basic plot, character, symbol, or idea that recurs in the literature of many cultures
• A dynamic character that plays a major role in many different stories
• A tradition of passing down stories by word-of-mouth
• The main character of a work of literature

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D