Understanding Literary Terms

What does the term 'Analysis' refer to?

• The main point of a story

• A careful examination that often results in a conclusion

• A type of imagery

• A direct quote from a source

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which term is used to describe 'descriptive writing that appeals to one or more of the five senses'?

• Theme

• Imagery

• Development

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the meaning of 'Infer/inference'?

• An educated guess based on available information and outside knowledge

• Important idea

• The impact or result of an action

• A synopsis of the main points without including an opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which term describes 'the perspective from which the story is told'?

• Narrator

• Speaker

• Point of view

• Perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does 'Irrelevant' mean?

• Not applicable

• Goes against

• Support or proof

• The idea being supported

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is setting?

• The time and place where a story occurs
• A character's personality traits.
• The most exciting part of a story.
• The ending of a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A story can have more than one theme.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Why can't trust be a theme?

• There's nothing to learn about it.
• Trust is a theme
• It's only one word, which is a topic.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

A theme is...

• a lesson/message of the story.

• a big topic in the story.

• the ending of the story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Taking a story/text apart and noticing its individual pieces is called

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3