Literary Terms 2

What is the definition of "setting"?

• A brief statement of the main events of a story. It has to have the beginning, middle and end.

• Where and when the story takes place

• The central idea or message of a work

• The sequence of events that make up a story

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

What does "theme" refer to in literature?

• The message, moral or lesson in the story

• The story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

• The perspective from which a story is told

• The sequence of events that make up a story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is "alliteration"?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Words and details that appeal to a reader's senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is "personification"?

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• The use of words that represent sounds

• Words and details that appeal to a reader's senses

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does "autobiography" mean?

• The story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

• The perspective from which a story is told

• The sequence of events that make up a story

• A brief statement of the main events of a story

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is "hyperbole"?

• Elaborate exaggeration

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Words and details that appeal to a reader's senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is "simile"?

• A comparison using like or as

• A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

• Giving human qualities to non-human things

• Words and details that appeal to a reader's senses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does "climax" refer to in a story?

• The turning point in the action of a story

• The sequence of events that make up a story

• The central idea or message of a work

• The story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What is "fiction"?

• A literary work that is not true

• The story of a person's life written by that person in first person point of view

• The perspective from which a story is told

• The sequence of events that make up a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is "nonfiction"?

• Writing that is true

• A literary work that is not true

• The perspective from which a story is told

• The sequence of events that make up a story

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10