Literary Terms #1

irony

• the opposite of what you expect

• a picture painted in the reader's mind

• the way the author sounds when writing a text

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

narrative

• nonfiction

• excerpt

• story

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

fiction

• fake

• real

• undetermined

inference

• analyzing the plot

• an educated guess

• a motivation for a character

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

text evidence

• why the author wrote the story

• the title of the story

• proof from the story, usually a quote

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

explicit

• implied or hinted at

• stated directly

• spoken in a different language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

implicit

• hinted at or implied

• directly stated or said

• spoken in a different language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

character motivation

• why the author wrote the story

• how the reader feels when reading a story

• why a character does something

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

1st person narrator

• a person inside the story; the events are happening to them

• a person outside the story, describing the events; can see into the thoughts and actions of ONE character

• a person outside the story, describing the events; can see into the thoughts and actions of MANY characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3rd person limited narrator

• a character inside the story, the events are happening to them

• a person outside the story, describing the events; can see into the thoughts and actions of ONE character

• a person outside the story, describing the events; can see into the thoughts and actions of MANY characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6