Literary Terms

Reorder the following

• Resolution

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• Symbol

• Where in the plot would you find information about conflict?

• Protagonist

• The main character

• Exposition

• It's the central idea revealed by a work of literature

• Theme

• Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself, and something else

• Resolution

• It's the final outcome which appears at the end of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Which Point of View makes the character the narrator of the story. Reader hears and sees ONLY what the narrator hears and sees.

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The sequence of events that make up a story

• Plot

• Theme

• External Conflict

• Character(s)

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The central, or universal, message or lesson of a story

• Plot

• Theme

• Suspense

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A state of feeling of exciting or anxious uncertainty about what may happen next in a story

• Suspense

• Internal Conflict

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The time and place of a story

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

• Rising Action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The beginning of a story where the characters, the setting, and the problem (conflict) are introduced

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Climax

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Where the suspense builds and the problem gets worse and becomes more complicated. The events that lead up to the climax.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The highest point in the conflict. Where the problem (conflict) gets really BIG and the main character (protagonist) must make some sort of decision. This is the most exciting part of a story.

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Climax

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9