Literary Vocabulary

What are words and phrases in a text that helps the reader determine the meanings of unknown words?

• Metaphor

• context clues

• summary

• inference

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by directly stating that one is the other.

• metaphor

• simile

• inference

• personification

A problem or challenge in the story that must be overcome.

• inference

• point of view

• resolution

• conflict

A type of text that is composed of scenes and written to be performed in front of an audience.

• poetry

• setting

• drama

• realistic fiction

A retelling of the main events in a text in a short version.

• theme

• summary

• conflict

• resolution

The real-world life lesson that teaches the reader.

• theme

• resolution

• plot

• conflict

A conclusion made by a reader using evidence from the text combined with the reader's background knowledge.

• conflict

• plot

• summary

• inference

A type of text that is composed of lines and stanzas.

• drama

• poetry

• 3rd person point of view

• theme

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using like or as.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

The perspective from which a story is written.

• point of view

• plot

• drama

• setting