Literary Terms

What is a story that teaches a lesson about human behavior or tells how something in nature came to exist?

• Irony

• Myth

• Conflict

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

What is a fight or battle between two or more characters; the problem that needs to be solved in a story?

• Conflict

• Climax

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Who is the person telling the story?

• Main character

• Narrator

• Author

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When the opposite of what is expected happens, is called......

• Tone

• Conflict

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When someone SAYS something opposite of what they mean is _____ irony

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When something opposite HAPPENS than expected is ________irony.

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When the audience knows something that the characters don't know is _________ irony.

• verbal

• situational

• dramatic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is the time and place of the action in a story?

• Myth

• Conflict

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the feeling a writer has towards the subject of a story or poem?

• setting

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

What are the words that help the reader to "see" how something looks, sounds, feels, or tastes?

• setting

• tone

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5