Language Arts Literary Terms

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

• allusion

• resolution

• theme

• exposition

A sequence of events that take place in a literary work 

• turning point

• plot

• situational irony

• setting

Tags

CCSS.W.7.3A

The moment when a series of events in a plot change

• dramatic irony

• resolution

• symbolism

• turning point

 Clues that hint at future events

• foreshadowing

• situational irony

• inference

• characterization

The audience knows something a character doesn’t

• exposition

• theme

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

Where and when a story takes place

• turning point

• setting

• static character

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Draw a conclusion based on evidence and reasoning

• theme

• plot

• resolution

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

 The opposite of what is expected happens happens

• situational irony

• setting

• dramatic irony

• plot

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

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

• turning point

• setting

• inference

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2