Literary Terms

Which word below is a hint or clue about something to come in the story?

• drama

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which word below is the turning point in the story. It may or may not coincide with the high point of action?

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which word below is an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects or lighting.

• foreshadowing

• stage directions

• resolution

• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which word below is a script written to be performed by actors/actresses?

• climax

• falling action

• plot

• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which word below is the action of a play or story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax. Typically it is the events that happen after the climax.

• falling action

• rising action

• exposition

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which word below is a series of events within a fiction story

• climax

• drama

• plot

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which word below is a memory--the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time.

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• conflict

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Which word below is a series of events that move a story toward a climax

• climax

• drama

• rising action

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which word is the portion of a story that helps the reader to understand the background or situation in which the story is set. It includes the setting, characters, and conflict.

• flashback

• exposition

• falling action

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which word is the portion of the story where the problem is solved

• climax

• falling action

• conflict

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9