Literary Terms

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

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• Tone

• Mood

• Plot

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Sequence of events in a story

• Setting

• Plot

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The attitude of the author or narrator in a piece of writing.

• Mood

• Tone

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the word "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Genre

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which literary term is represented  in the picture?

• tone
• setting 
• antagonist
• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A word's emotional meaning (positive or negative) is called its ___.

• resolution
• inference
• denotation
• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The THEME of a work is 

• the main character
• the title
• an idea that is dealt with
• the level of diction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

a person or animal in a story, play, or another literary work

• character

• theme

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The giving of human characteristics (emotions,

behaviors, etc.) to non-human animals, things, or

ideas

• Literal

• Figurative

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Javier turned the key. The car’s engine

hesitated for a moment, but it finally woke

up. (Hesitating and waking up are human

actions.)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4