Basic Literary Terms

What are MLA and APA formatting?

• State directions

• Types of wrestling moves

• Ways to write webpages

• Formats for writing papers and avoiding plagiarism

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is a theme?

• Life lesson shown through a story

• A type of park with rides

• Beautiful scenery shown in a story

• The topic of an essay, noted in a few words

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is a thesis statement?

• The first sentence of a paragraph that states a supporting main idea

• A question about the reader's opinion

• A controversial, specific statement of opinion

• A fact proven by science

What is a topic?

• A life lesson given through storytelling

• The main subject of text, written in a few words

• The first line of a body paragraph making a supporting claim

• The author's attitude about his or her subject

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What is a signal phrase?

• A sentence introducing a quote, its author, and its source

• A warning phrase about danger coming

• A short phrase such as a prepositional phrase

• An entire book

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What does "mood" mean in literature?

• The emotion a reader feels because of the wording of text

• The author's attitude/wording of the text

• A gloomy sense of doom

• A sense of excitement

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What is "tone" in literature?

• A complete set of musical arrangements

• A nickname for a person named Tony in literature

• The tones conveyed when writing about music

• The author's attitude conveyed by the wording of text

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is an archetype?

• A humorous text about animal characters

• The most evil person in a piece of literature

• A universal concept in text, such as love, greed, honor, good vs. evil

• A type of arch found in ancient buildings

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is imagery?

• Photographs included in books

• Text that relates to the five senses

• Pictures in children's picture books

• Informational text

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What are figures of speech/figurative language?

• Phrases you can only use in informational literature

• Phrases that mean exactly what they say

• Phrases that do NOT mean exactly what they say

• Phrases that don't mean anything at all

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4