Literary Terms

the time and place of the story; it is key in developing a story’s atmosphere

• setting

• atmosphere

• tone

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the general mood or feeling of a story

• tone

• atmosphere

• mood

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

a comparison using the words “like” or “as”

• simile

• metaphor

• allusion

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a comparison between two seemingly different things, with hopes of giving more meaning to one of them

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

the view from which a story is told

• personification

• protagonist

• characterization

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

tells the story from a character’s perspective

• first-person

• third-person limited

• third-person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

told from the perspective of a character, but it is not the character who is telling the story

• first-person

• third-person limited

• third-person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

narration tells the story from a “God-like” point of view

• first-person

• third-person limited

• third-person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

the struggle between two opposing forces

• characterization

• suspense

• parody

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a struggle within a character’s own mind

• internal conflict

• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8