Literary Terms

A writers use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story, heightening suspense

• Symbolism

• Foreshadowing

• Dramatic Irony

• Euphemism

An exaggeration for effect

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

• Dramatic Irony

• Mood

A struggle between two opposing forces, which moves the plot forward

• Symbolism

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Conflict

the arrangements of events in a story

• climax
• point of view
• plot
• narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

can be verbal, situational, or dramatic and has the result of the meaning, situation or action being one thing but meaning something different.

• satire
• metaphor
• parody
• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

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.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The climax of a story is:

• the slow point in a story

• the end of a story

• when the story begins to build tension

• where the story peaks; the high point of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which literary term is represented  in the picture?

• tone
• setting 
• antagonist
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

The central or main idea

• mood
• theme
• point of view
• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3