Literary Terms and Trivia

What is the turning point of a story?

• climax

• conflict

• inciting incident

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is the term for the outcome of the main conflict

• falling action

• resolution

• climax

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The turning point of a story where the protagonist often makes a change.

• rising action

• climax

• exposition

• inciting event

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words that are close together.

• allusion

• allegory

• alliteration

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.

• metaphor

• simile

• myth

• personification

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis in poems and stories.

• humor

• cliche

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

How a story makes the reader feel.

• imagery

• mood

• tone

• humor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The teller of a story is a character in the story.

• 3rd person

• 3rd person limited

• first person pov

• omniscient pov

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The struggle between opposing forces in a story.

• conclusion

• conflict

• climax

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The method a writer uses to develop a character.

• characterization

• comedy

• caricature

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6