Literary Terms

The _________ is what the story is mostly about.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed is the...

• plot

• exposition

• resolution

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The main part of the story where the complications arise is the...

• suspense

• rising action

• plot

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

A common saying with a meaning that is completely different from its dictionary meaning.

• Idiom

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Slang

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A direct comparison of two things

• Idiom

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The time and place of a story is...

• exposition

• plot

• rising action

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A comparison of two things using the words "as" or "like."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

Words that start with the same beginning consonant sound is called...

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Giving human qualities to an inanimate object is called...

• a simile

• a metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The most exciting or intense part of the story; the turning point of the story is called...

• plot

• theme

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9