I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Literary Elements Terminology

A difficult decision, puzzle, obstacle, or situation for the characters in the story.

• Solution

• Overcoming Obstacles

• Author's Point-of-View

• Problem

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How characters in the story solve, fix, or resolve the problem in the story.

• Solution

• Overcoming Obstacles

• Author's Point-of-View

• Problem

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

One can work through a challenge in order to achieve a goal. The secret is to realize that only you are responsible for what you do with anything.

• Solution

• Overcoming Obstacles

• Author's Point-of-View

• Problem

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How author's feels about the topic. (their opinions and beliefs)

• Solution

• Overcoming Obstacles

• Authors Point-of-View

• Problem

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Giving human qualities to animals or objects.

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Illustration

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When one describes something by comparing it to something else; words or phrases that are used

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Illustration

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A decoration, interpretation, or visual explanation of text, concept or process interspersed throughout text that binds a book's theme and purpose together.

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Illustration

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A way of speaking which is characteristic of a certain place or group of people.

• Figurative Language

• Personification

• Illustration

• Dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The mood implied by the author's word choice.

• Tone

• Motif

• Theme

• Explanation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Reinforces the Theme through repetition of a certain narrative element.

• Tone

• Motif

• Theme

• Explanation

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2