Literary Term Practice

Coming to a conclusion about a part in the story based on evidence and reasoning

• Inference

• Textual Evidence

• Metaphor

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An object, character, event, or place that means something beyond itself

• Inference

• Foreshadowing

• Symbol

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Underlying messages and lessons in a FICTION story that the author is trying to convey

• Central Idea

• Author's Tone

• Metaphor

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The idea the author is trying to convey in a NONFICTION text

• Central Idea

• Author's Tone

• Metaphor

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When the author uses hints in the story to give the reader a clue about something that is going to happen later in the story

• Foreshadowing

• Inference

• Symbol

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

How an author arranges parts of his or her story - this entails multiple aspects like characters, plot, theme, structure of text, pace, etc.

• Plot Diagram

• Chronological

• Text (Story) Structure

• Author's Purpose

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

The author’s attitude towards his or her subject

• Sensory Language (Imagery)

• Personification

• Mood

• Author's Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

The writer’s position on an issue

• Mood

• Claim

• Personification

• Text Structure

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The feelings that a piece of literature arouses in the reader, rather than the author

• Mood

• Author's Tone

• Personification

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Comparisons in which one thing is referred to as another

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Sensory Language (Imagery)

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D