Literature Terms 21-40

the time and place in which a story occurs, it may include elapsed time

• conflict

• setting

• stated theme

• stereotype

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

the attitude of the narrator toward the subject, ideas, characters, etc. in a story

• setting

• tone

• point of view

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

when a story is told by one of the characters who commonly uses the word "I"

• setting

• plot

• tone

• 1st person point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

when a character struggles against society's expectations or laws and rules

• person vs society

• person vs nature

• setting

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

a feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about what may happen next

• conflict

• satire

• sarcasm

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

the struggle between opposite forces in a story

• suspense

• tone

• conflict

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

an author's style or personality present in the writing

• voice

• tone

• conflict

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

a person who is not developed as an individual, but who represents a commonly believed type

• narrator

• theme

• setting

• stereotype

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

when a character struggles against natural forces

• person vs lake

• person vs tornado

• person vs heat

• person vs nature

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

the person who tells the story . . . may sometimes be a character in the story

• symbol

• narrator

• setting

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3