Keystone Literature Fiction - Stories

A form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning may have moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity, greed, or envy.

• Allegory

• Personification

• Bias

• Fable

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

An implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event. (a)  

• Allusion
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Author's Purpose

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A person, animal or inanimate object portrayed in a literary work. (a)  

• Character
• Setting
• Theme
• Plot

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The method an author uses to reveal characters and their various traits and personalities (e.g., direct, indirect).

• Characterization

• Plot

• Conflict

• Cultural Significance

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The turning point in a narrative; the moment when the conflict is at its most intense.

• Climax

• Rising Action

• Inciting Incident

• Exposition

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

A struggle or clash between opposing characters, forces, or emotions.

• Conflict/Problem

• Climax

• Argument

• Drama

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

In its widest sense, _____ is simply conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work; in its most restricted sense, it refers specifically to the speech of characters in a drama.

• Dialogue

• Dialect

• Diatribe

• Diaphragm

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Traits that mark a work as imaginative or narrative discourse (e.g., plot, theme, symbol).

• Elements of Fiction

• Elements of Novels

• Figurative Language

• Fiction Checklist

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Inciting Incident

• World-building

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The part of a literary plot that is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot’s conflicts and complications.

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Resolution

• Exposition

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.5