Literary Terms Review Game

the series of events that make up a story

• plot

• theme

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The moral or lesson of the story; what the characters & readers learn about life from the reading

• third person point of view

• mood

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The emotions the reader feels when reading a piece of writing.

• character traits

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The story is told from the perspective of a narrator who's a character in the story speaking directly about themself; tells the story from the pronouns "I" and "me."

• first person point of view

• third person omniscient point of view

• character traits

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What the character is like on the inside; determined by their actions, thoughts, feelings, and words.

• mood

• plot

• character traits

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The outside narrator (not a character in the story) knows all the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.

• first person point of view

• third person omniscient point of view

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

the time and place of the story

• plot

• setting

• character traits

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is theme?

• Exposition is a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers.

• the main idea or moral of a literary work. Sometimes it is stated directly, and sometimes the reader has to think about what the author is trying to get across to the reader. It is also called the central message.

• the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

• the central struggle between characters or competing forces, such as man against nature, society or himself. (can be internal or external)

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is conflict?

• the central struggle between characters or competing forces, such as man against nature, society or himself. (can be internal or external)

• the main idea or moral of a literary work. Sometimes it is stated directly, and sometimes the reader has to think about what the author is trying to get across to the reader. It is also called the central message.

• the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

• a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is exposition?

• the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.

• the central struggle between characters or competing forces, such as man against nature, society or himself. (can be internal or external)

• a series of episodes in a narrative which occur after the exposition and lead to the climax of the story. (usually takes up the majority of the story)

• a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters, or other elements of a work to the audience or readers.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C