Literary Terms #1-18

Match the following

• metaphor

• the message

• theme

• style (type) of writing or art.

  4 types: drama, poetry, fiction, nonfiction

• foreshadowing

• hints or clues in a story that suggest what will happen later (in the future)

• genre

• the sequence of events in a story including the beginning, middle, and end

• plot

• comparing two unlike things directly to each other to show how they are alike

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2

Match the following

• climax

• the way the author describes and develops a character in a story including their traits, personality, and actions.

• characterization

• the most important point in a story where the main conflict reaches its highest point (peak) and the outcome is uncertain

• conflict

• the problem between the protagonist and antagonist (opposing forces)

• justaposition

• placing two things next to each other (parallel) to highlight their differences.

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2

Match the following

• antagonist

• the villian of the story that opposes the main character. They create conflicts and obstacles.

• irony

• when a story goes back in time to show something that happened earlier.

• point of view

• when there's a difference between what is expected to happen

• flashback

• giving human qualities to nonhuman things or ideas

• personification

• perspective from which the story is told.

  1st person: I, me, we

  3rd person: he, she they

Match the following

• protagonist

• comparing two things using "like" or "as"

• setting

• the arrangement of words in a sentence.

• syntax

• when and where a story takes place

• simile

• the main character or hero of the story