6th grade Literary Terms Test - Unit 1 & 2

________ - short, non-fiction work that expresses a writer’s thoughts about a single subject

• personal essay

• novel

• epic poem

• science fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

________ - a struggle that takes place within a character

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

________ - person or animal who takes part in a literary work

• character

• setting

• plot

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

________ - gives a picture in words or a character, object, or scene

• description

• argument

• narration

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

________ - conversation involving two or more people or characters

• dialogue

• monologue

• soliloquy

• narration

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

________ - the use of words or phrases that sound like what they name

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

________ - a struggle between two or more people or things in a literary work

• external conflict

• internal conflict

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

________ - a comparison using like or as

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

________ a series of events related to a central conflict

• plot

• setting

• theme

• character

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

________ - a central idea in a literary work

• theme

• plot

• character

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5