10th grade literary terms

Define the term: Plot

• The time and place of the story

• the conclusion of the story’s plot

• the speed at which the story is told.

• The sequence of events that make up a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Define the term: Protagonist

• The main character in a story; told from their perspective.

• A character that opposes the main character.

• The author describes a person, place, or thing

• the speed at which the story is told.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Define the term: Setting

• The time and place of the story

• the conclusion of the story’s plot

• what the character or narrator telling the story can see.

• The author describes a person, place, or thing 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Define the term: Resolution

• The person telling the story

• the conclusion of the story’s plot

• The sequence of events that make up a story.

• A character that opposes the main character.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

define the term: Antagonist

• A character that opposes the main character.

• The author describes a person, place, or thing

• The time and place of the story

• The main character in a story; told from their perspective.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Define the term: Character

• The main character in a story; told from their perspective.

• what the character or narrator telling the story can see.

• a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story.

• A character that opposes the main character.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Define the term: Narrator

• A character that opposes the main character.

• The main character in a story; told from their perspective.

• The person telling the story (they determine the point of view)

• the speed at which the story is told.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Define the term: Point of view

• A character that opposes the main character.

• what the character or narrator telling the story can see.

• The time and place of the story

• The sequence of events that make up a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Define the term: Pacing

• The author describes a person, place, or thing

• The person telling the story (they determine the point of view)

• the speed at which the story is told.

• The main character in a story; told from their perspective.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Define the term: description

• The author describes a person, place, or thing

• he conclusion of the story’s plot

• A character that opposes the main character.

• The sequence of events that make up a story.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5