Literature Terms Review

Plot:

• the overall message of the story

• the sequence of events in the story

• the problem in the story

• the end of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Setting:

• where and when the story takes place

• where the story takes place

• when the story takes place

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Characterization:

• the problem the characters face

• how a character changes over time

• the way in which the author develops the character - dialogue, actions, thoughts

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Conflict:

• a struggle between two opposing forces

• the turning point

• characters and setting are introduced

• the main event of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Theme:

• The most important idea of the text

• the topic of the text

• the person telling the story

• the overall message

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

Theme is (select all that apply):

• specific to the text

• a universal lesson or message about life

• developed through details throughout the text

• a retelling of the events

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

A summary includes:

• key details from the beginning, middle, and end

• your opinion of the characters and events

• minor details

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

Analyze:

• a direct sentence from the text

• to examine something in detail

• to change or grow over time

• the attitude of the speaker

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Tone:

• the subject of the text

• the emotions evoked in the reader

• the speaker or author's attitude toward the subject or topic

• the feeling of a word

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

convey:

• to examine in detail

• the topic of the text

• a conclusion based on prior knowledge and information in the text

• the make known, or show

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1