Literary Terms

Which of the following is not an author's purpose for writing?

• persuade

• inform

• reflect

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Characterization is

• how an author develops the character

• listing the characters in a play

• a literary device to show problems

• how an author reveals the resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The words, sentences or passages that surround specific words in a passage

• flashback

• drama

• author's purpose

• context

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The central or universal idea of a literary work

• style

• poetry

• theme

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Poetry is

• humorous criticism or exaggeration

• the pattern of rhyming lines (ABBA, ABAB)

• the basic rhythmic structure in verse

• literary works focused on the expression of feelings and ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

Mood is

• the basic sequence of events

• a distinctive poetic structure

• the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer, the attitude

• the time and place of a narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

The time and place in which a narrative occurs.

• style

• setting

• stage directions

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A literary device used by an author to provide hints about future events

• meter

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• poetic form

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The primary character in a story

• character foil

• minor character

• main character

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Graphic features are:

• the emotions or set of associations

• picture or other image within a text

• word choice

• lines spoken between characters

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D