Literary Terms (6th-8th Grade)

the struggle between two opposing forces; the problem (man vs man, man vs. nature, man vs society, man vs self)

• Enemy

• Trouble

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

• Conversation

• Explanation

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.

• Non-fiction

• Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

the insertion of an earlier event into chronological sequence of a story

• Flashback

• Memory

• Time Travel

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

A writer’s use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur in a story. [blank] creates suspense and at the same time prepares the reader for what is to come.

• Foreshadowing

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The contrast between expectation and reality. This incongruity has the effect of surprising the reader or viewer. Techniques of [blank] include hyperbole, understatement, and sarcasm

• Sarcastic Remark

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically different but have something in common.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Like Terms

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. The use of connotation, details, dialogue, imagery, figurative language, foreshadowing, setting, and rhythm can help establish this.

• Emotion

• Mood

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.3.3A

A form of metaphor in which language relating to human action, motivation, and emotion is used to refer to non-human agents or objects or abstract concepts

• Person-Like Traits

• Personification

• Personality Traits

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The position from which something is considered or evaluated; standpoint; writer’s viewpoint

• Perspective/Point of View

• Perspective

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9