9/10 Literary Terms #3 St. - Practice

When an author interrupts the plot of a story by inserting past events.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• flashshadowing

• foreback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the moment in the story when the action reaches its greatest conflict

• climax
• rising action
• falling action
• description

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

an exaggeration made to prove a point

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

the meaning of "home": a safe & warm place with people you love

• connotation
• denotation
• parody
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the meaning of "home": the place where you live - a literal building

• connotation
• denotation
• syntax
• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

the beginning of the story where characters, setting, and problem are introduced

• exposition

• conflict

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

An elephant represents the Republican party

• syntax
• symbol
• stanza
• speaker

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

He has spent a million hours studying for the exam.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which part of the story is called the climax?

• the turning point of the story

• the struggle between two characters

• the beginning of the story

• the point when the conflict is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The implied or emotional meaning of a word.

• Metaphor

• Diction

• Alliteration

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4