Language Arts Literary Terms

 This is the first stage of a story plot. It provides background information.

• allusion

• resolution

• theme

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A sequence of events that take place in a literary work 

• turning point

• plot

• situational irony

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The moment when a series of events in a plot change

• dramatic irony

• resolution

• symbolism

• turning point

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

 Clues that hint at future events

• foreshadowing

• situational irony

• inference

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The audience knows something a character doesn’t

• exposition

• theme

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Where and when a story takes place

• turning point

• setting

• static character

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning

• theme

• plot

• resolution

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

 The opposite of what is expected happens happens

• situational irony

• setting

• dramatic irony

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A  reference to something. It may include literature, history, popular culture, a famous person, or the arts.

• theme

• allusion

• symbolism

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A message, lesson, or idea that recurs throughout a text

• turning point

• setting

• inference

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2