Literature Keystone

The portion of a story following the climax in which the conflict is resolved. The ___________ of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey is neatly summed up in the following sentence: “Henry and Catherine were married, the bells rang and everybody smiled.”

• resolution

• plot

• exposition

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

__________________ tries to persuade the reader by using words that appeal to the reader’s emotions instead of to logic or reason.

• emotional appeal

• name-calling

• circular argument

• red herring

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

_____________ attempts to persuade the reader by repeating a message over and over again. 

• repetition

• stereotyping

• circular argument

• bandwagon

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The part of a story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated. _____________ leads up to the climax, or turning point.

• rising action

• falling action

• exposition

• resolution

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness. 

• satire

• soliloquy

• monologue

• dystopian

The time and place in which a story unfolds.

• theme

• plot

• setting

• stage

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

________________________ attempts to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea (for instance, the celebrity endorsement).

• testimonial

• repetition

• circular argument

• stereotyping

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

In its widest sense, dialogue is simply conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work; in its most restricted sense, it refers specifically to the speech of characters in a drama.

• dialogue

• language

• dramatic script

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

An author’s choice of words, phrases, sentence structures and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning and tone.

• diction

• drama

• author's purpose

• draw conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage; a work to be performed by actors on stage, radio, or television; play.

• drama

• comedy

• tragedy

• reality

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10