Literary Terms

When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound. For example Anne's awesome apples

• climax

• alliteration

• conflict

• dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The conversation between characters in a work of literature.

• onomatopoeia

• simile

• plot

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The sequence of events in a story.

• plot

• mood

• metaphor

• the happy dance

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The comparison between two "unlike"things illuminate a particular quality of one of those things. Example: My teacher is a dragon.

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A character that changes over the course of a story.

• dynamic character

• static character

• stage directions

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

A struggle between two opposing forces.

• theme

• plot

• conflict

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The story's main message or moral.

• tone

• voice

• theme

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The author's attitude toward the subject matter or audience.

• symbolism

• setting

• simile

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The environment in which the story takes place.

• point of view

• simile

• setting

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

When two, unlike things, are compared using "like" or "as."

• tone

• simile

• metaphor

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D