Literary Terms (9th Lit)

What is the turning point of a story where the protagonist often makes a change?

• Rising action

• Climax

• Exposition

• Inciting event

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

How does a story make the reader feel?

• Imagery

• Mood

• Tone

• Humor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The main character is the narrator of the story. (I, me, my pronouns)

• 3rd person

• 3rd person limited

• First person point of view

• Omniscient point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the term for the struggle between opposing forces in a story?

• Conclusion

• Conflict

• Climax

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The method a writer uses to develop a character.

• Characterization

• Comedy

• Caricature

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which element of the plot introduces the characters and the setting of the story?

• Rising action

• Inciting event

• Resolution

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a theme?

• The author's main point in a paragraph.

• The lesson or moral of the story (narrative).

• The author's main point of the entire text.

• A one-word subject such as love, bravery, or rebellion.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The contrast between what was expected and what actually happened is called...

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The contrast between what the character knows and what the reader/audience knows is...

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

A feeling of uncertainty or excitement caused by wondering what will happen next in a story.

• Anxiety

• Flashback

• Suspense

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5