Literary Terms #1 (24-25)

a message about life, a central idea, or a comment on human nature that is communicated by a literary work     

• protagonist

• theme

• tone

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

comparing two different things without using like or to compare them   

• plot

• metaphor

• diction

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the quality that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events

• suspense

• mood

• flashback

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

the main character in a narrative or drama

• antagonist

• protagonist

• second person

• first person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the sequence of events that make up a story

• resolution

• motif

• plot

• jargon

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

reference to a well know person, place, event, object, or literary work

• juxtaposition

• word choice

• motif

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time (present action stops and story flashes back to an earlier time)

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• generalization

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the early part of a story that sets the tone, establishes the setting, introduces the characters, and provides background information necessary to understanding what follows

• dialect

• idiom

• stereotype

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

the emotions associated with a word (positive, negative, or neutral)

• denotation

• connotation

• pun

• style

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

the feeling that a literary work conveys to readers (what writers want readers to feel when reading the text)

• mood

• tone

• oxymoron

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3