Middle School Literary Terms
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
A series of events that builds from the conflict. It begins with the inciting force and ends with the climax.
Falling Action
Rising Action
Conflict
Resolution
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.
Conflict
Exposition
Resolution
Setting
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
The attitude of the author or narrator in a piece of writing.
Mood
Tone
Simile
Metaphor
Tags
CCSS.L.3.3A
CCSS.L.4.3A
CCSS.L.5.3A
CCSS.L.6.3A
CCSS.L.6.3B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
The conflict in the story between a character and an OUTSIDE force such as nature, technology, or another character.
Internal Conflict
Metaphor
Simile
External Conflict
Tags
CCSS.W.11-12.2D
CCSS.L.11-12.6
CCSS.L.8.6
CCSS.L.9-10.6
CCSS.W.9-10.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
The conflict of a story where a character struggles with something INSIDE themselves.
External Conflict
Tone
Internal Conflict
Mood
Tags
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Perspective from which the story is told.
Foreshadowing
Point of View
Plot
Setting
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.4C
CCSS.L.6.4C
CCSS.L.7.4C
CCSS.L.8.4C
CCSS.L.9-10.4C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Narrator only gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of ONE character in a story, uses pronouns such as "she" "they", narrator not a character in the story
First Person Point of View
Second Person Point of View
Third Person Omniscient ("all knowing") Point of View
Third Person Limited Point of View
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
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