Literary Elements and Figurative Language

The AUTHOR'S attitude toward the story or characters is

• mood

• tone

• theme

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The FEELING the reader gets from the story is

• mood

• tone

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A direct comparison of 2 unlike things

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"My car died!" is an example of

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Help! A million bees are chasing me!

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Her hands were as cold as ice.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The specific events in a story are called

• plot

• setting

• conflict

• theme

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

A character facing their fears is an example of

• external conflict

• internal conflict

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Metaphor

• a subtle comparison in which the author describes a person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally

• the central or universal idea of a literary work that often relates to morals and/or values and speaks to the human experience/ condition

• the time and place in which a narrative occurs

• the main character in a narrative who is at the center of the story

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Dialogue 

• language not intended to be taken literally but layered with meaning through the use of imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

• the lines spoken between characters in fiction or a play

• a subtle comparison in which the author describes a person or thing using words that are not meant to be taken literally

• the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D