Reading Terms

A __________ is a character or a force in conflict with the main character , or protagonist.

• protagonist

• antagonist

• character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A ________ is a struggle between opposing forces.

• conflict

• plot

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The __________ is the sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next

• diagram

• plot

• character

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The _________ of a literary work is the time and place of the action

• character

• plot

• setting

• denouement

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The _________ is the central message in a literary work

• pov

• theme

• character

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The _______ of a literary work is the author's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.

• tone

• character

• plot

• pov

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

A __________ is a speaker or character who tells the story

• character

• narrator

• pov

• tone

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The ______________________ is the perspective, or vantage point, from which the story is told

• tone

• pov

• theme

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The ____________________ describes the ways that the writer uses words-the author's word choice(etc.)

• character

• author's style

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

a _______ in literature is a recurrent image, idea or theme.

• metaphor

• simile

• motif

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3