Literary Terms

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

CCSS.W.6.3E

The time and place of a story

• Mood

• Setting

• Plot

• Genre

a struggle or problem in a story that the main character encounters.

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• Tone

• Mood

• Plot

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in a literary or artistic work.

• Mood

• Tone

• Conflict

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.5

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

• Conflict

• Climax

• Resolution

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Conflict

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.5

Sequence of events in a story

• Setting

• Plot

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.5