Literary Terms

the message or lesson that an author wants the reader take away from the text

• Theme

• Symbol

• Plot

• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

a way of communicating information in a text that conveys an attitude.

• Theme

• Idiom

• Diction

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

word choice or the specific language an author, narrator, or speaker uses to describe events and interact with other characters.

• Diction

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

an unexplained, indirect reference to someone or something outside of the text.

• Allusion

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Diction

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

an object or element incorporated into a narrative to represent another concept or concern.

• Metaphor

• Allegory

• Theme

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

a narrative told from the perspective of an outside figure who does not participate directly in the events of a story. This mode uses "he," "she," and "it" to describe events and characters.

• Allegory

• Point Of View

• First-Person Narrative

• Third-Person Narrative

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly (not using "like" or "as").

• A) Personification

• B) Metaphor

• C) Irony

• D) Imagery

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

the most important point that a writer is making.

• A) Repetition

• B) Determine

• C) Point of View

• D) Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

a story told from the perspective of one or several characters, each of whom typically uses the word "I."

• Third-Person Narrative

• First-Person Narrative

• Second-person Narrative

• Limited Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the perspective (visual, interpretive, bias, etc.) a text takes when presenting its plot and narrative.

• Point of View

• Dialogue

• Theme

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3