MDG Literary Elements

what sets the plot in motion

• inciting incident

• exposition

• rising action

• denouement

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

what happens after the resolution to tie up loose ends; en Francais, "untie"

• inciting incident

• ennui

• denouement

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

person v. self is an example of

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

when the writer explicitly describes a character

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• internal conflict

• external conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

when the reader infers who a character is based on their speech, actions, etc.

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• external conflict

• internal conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

when a story hints at what will occur later

• foreshadowing

• irony

• personification

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

the way the writer feels toward their subject

• tone

• mood

• diction

• cranky

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

specific word choice used by an author

• tone

• mood

• diction

• quotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

how a text makes the reader feel, based on specific word choices and imagery

• tone

• mood

• diction

• bored

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

"I am a hungry, hungry hippo" is an example of what literary element?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3