Literary Terms Review

What are "Literary Devices"?

• insight into life revealed through literary work

• the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work

• struggles between opposing forces

• writers’ tools in their works

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

When we talk about the time, and place of the action. What is it?

• setting

• theme

• plot

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

What are the synonyms of "protagonist" and "antagonist"?

• weal and woe

• sugar and salt

• hero and opponent

• fiction and nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does "Plot" tell us?

• main events with interrelated sequence

• writers' tools in their works

• a central message or insight into life revealed through literary work.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When we talk about an insight about life that is revealed in a literary work What is it?

• setting

• theme

• plot

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Diction is the literary term that means

• The connections we have with words

• The definition of words

• An author's choice of words

• The common way of speaking with friends

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

What information is most likely to be included in the exposition?

• Where the story takes place

• How the conflict changes the protagonist

• Who the protagonist encounters on their journey

• What happens to the protagonist at the end

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The part of the story when the main conflict is fought or a decision is made is called the...

• Falling action

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the ending, where everything is wrapped up and the questions are answered called?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Omnipotent, first person, second person, and third person are all examples of ...

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Points of View

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9