Literature Terms

Conflict

• A struggle between opposing forces

• the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

• Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• The time and place of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Exposition

• the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

• Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• Placement of two things closely together in order to compare or contrast

• A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

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

• the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

• Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• Placement of two things closely together in order to compare or contrast

• A struggle between opposing forces

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Falling Action

• the series of conflicts or struggles that build a story toward a climax.

• The time and place of a story

• Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

• Sequence of events in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Juxtaposition

• Anything that stands for or represents something else

• Placement of two things closely together in order to compare or contrast

• The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

• A comparison using "like" or "as"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The main idea of a literary work - the idea the author wants to convey

• conflict

• genre

• mood

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The most suspenseful moment of the story

• conflict

• climax

• protagonist

• genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Introduces the characters and setting of the story

• genre

• resolution

• exposition

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

How the main conflict is resolved

• resolution

• ending

• rising action

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The main problem

• action

• events

• suspense

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5