Literary Terms

The vantage point from which a story is told

• Point of View

• Crisis

• Cliche

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A series of words that begin with the same sound

• Oxymoron

• Alliteration

• Mood

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A person or character who tells a story

• Character

• Narrator

• Conflict

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A series of events related to a central conflict or struggle

• Mood

• Tone

• Theme

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The struggle between two people or things in a literary work

• Tone

• Climax

• Conflict

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The high point of suspense or interest

• Conflict

• Tone

• Resolution

• Climax

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Tone is the author's. . .

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

When and where a story takes place

• Denouement

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The atmosphere the author creates

• Tone

• Mood

• Setting

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

A setback in a series of events

• Rising action

• Resolution

• Cliche

• Falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5