Literary Terms

States a comparison without using like or as.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

• Idiom

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Plot

• A struggle between two or more forces (ex. Person vs. Nature)

• The “turning point” of the literary work

• The sequence of events in a work of literature

• The main character of a work – the one we “root for”

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The emotional atmosphere of a piece – how the reader “feels”

• theme

• mood

• tone

• protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Setting

• Description evoking the use of the five senses

• The results or effects of the climax

• Word choice to create a specific effect

• The time and place where the story occurs

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The background information given at the beginning

• exposition

• falling action

• climax

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Returning to an earlier time in order to clarify meaning in the present time

• flashforward

• flashback

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

__________ are the people & animals in the story.

• tone

• theme

• characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

After reading a story, you learned to always be kind. This is the _____ of the story.

• conflict

• tone

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

This genre uses characters, settings, and plots, that aren't real but could resemble the truth?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3