Literary Terms

Short Story

• a brief work of fiction

• writing that tells about real people, places, objects, events, and ideas

• literature that appears in verse form

• written to be performed by actors... it can be written in verse, prose or both

• mocks or ridicules society

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Nonfiction

• a brief work of fiction

• writing that tells about real people, places, objects, events, and ideas

• literature that appears in verse form

• written to be performed by actors... it can be written in verse, prose or both

• mocks or ridicules society

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Poetry

• a brief work of fiction

• writing that tells about real people, places, objects, events, and ideas

• literature that appears in verse form

• written to be performed by actors... it can be written in verse, prose or both

• mocks or ridicules society

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Drama

• a brief work of fiction

• writing that tells about real people, places, objects, events, and ideas

• literature that appears in verse form

• written to be performed by actors... it can be written in verse, prose or both

• mocks or ridicules society

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Satire

• a brief work of fiction

• writing that tells about real people, places, objects, events, and ideas

• literature that appears in verse form

• written to be performed by actors... it can be written in verse, prose or both

• mocks or ridicules society

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Plot

• sequence of events

• the time and place of the action

• the message an author reveals through a story or poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Setting

• sequence of events

• the time and place of the action

• the message an author reveals through a story or poem

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Theme

• sequence of events

• the time and place of the action

• the message an author reveals through a story or poem

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Inciting Incident

• stage that sets the plot in motion

• the action leading to the high point of the story

• the high point of the story

• the action following the high point of the story

• the end of the story when the conflict is resolved

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Rising Action

• stage that sets the plot in motion

• the action leading to the high point of the story

• the high point of the story

• the action following the high point of the story

• the end of the story when the conflict is resolved

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5