Review of Lit. Terms for Quarterly

The ____________ is the first part of the plot diagram. It's another word for the beginning of a story. It is where the setting, main characters and point of view are introduced to the reader.

• introduction

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The main character in a text is referred to as:

• The main character

• The good guy

• The protagonist

• The antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The character who creates the conflict for the protagonist is known as

• the bad guy

• the protagonist

• the antagonist

• the conflicted

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_______ is also known as the turning point in a story. This should be the greatest moment of tension in your story; emotion and interest are peaked. This is make-or-break, the moment when things matter the most.

• the exposition

• the climax

• the rising action

• the conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The ___________ of a story includes the physical location (real or invented) and the social environment of the story (including chronology, culture, institutions, etc.).

• Setting

• Plot

• Theme

• Characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The perspective in which a story is told is called:

• setting

• theme

• conflict

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

In this type type of point of view, the narrator uses personal pronouns such as "I", "me", "we" and "us"

• 1st person point of view

• 2nd person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The overall lesson or message the author wants his/her reader to learn from a text is called the ________

• conflict

• plot

• theme

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

___________ is probably the most common literary device in writing — you can almost always recognize one through the use of “like” or “as.” It is a comparison.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A _____________ is also a comparison of two (or more) things but does not use the words "like" or "as".

• Simile

• Metaphor

• hyperbole

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3