STAAR 8 READING Literary Terms

speaker or the person who is telling the story

• author's purpose

• narrator

• playwright

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

text that informs, gives instructions, and is nonfiction

• stage directions

• text features

• autobiography

• expository

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A literary work that is not real. It is usually made up.

• fiction

• dialogue

• onomatopoeia

• nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

clues that indicate something will happen alter on in the story or future

• flashback

• context clues

• climax

• foreshadow

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• foreshadow

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

when and where the story takes place

• plot

• resolution

• setting

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the sequence of events in a story

• conflict

• flashback

• resolution

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the central idea or message of a story

• resolution

• theme

• summary

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the reason a story is written--to persuade, inform, entertain, or explain.

• author's purpose

• setting

• expository

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the turning point of the story

• point of view

• stanza

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4