Literary Elements, Figurative Language, and Genres: Oh My!

What is a character?

• A person (or personified object or animal) in a work

• The events that make up a story or the main part of a story. These events relate to a pattern or a sequence

• A type or category of literature marked by certain shared features or conventions

• an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature. It is the message of the story and is underlying throughout the work.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is characterization?

• The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot.

• The most exciting, intense, or important point in a literary work. It is often a turning point or pivotal moment in a story.

• The process by which an author reveals the personality of a character

• a dominant or reoccurring idea in a literary work.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is plot?

• The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot.

• A struggle between two opposing forces. The conflict may be between two people or it may be between a person and some other force.

• an element in a work of literature that arouses excited expectation or uncertainty about what may happen.

• The events that make up a story or the main part of a story. These events relate to a pattern or a sequence

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is a climax?

• a dominant or reoccurring idea in a literary work.

• The most exciting, intense, or important point in a literary work. It is often a turning point or pivotal moment in a story.

• A literary device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.

• an element in a work of literature that arouses excited expectation or uncertainty about what may happen

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a conflict?

•  a character in a work of literature who opposes the lead character.

• the action or process of telling a story.

• A struggle between two opposing forces. The conflict may be between two people or it may be between a person and some other force.

• The most exciting, intense, or important point in a literary work. It is often a turning point or pivotal moment in a story.

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 a flashback?

• A literary device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.

• A literary element that evokes certain feelings or senses in readers through words and descriptions.

• A type or category of literature marked by certain shared features or conventions

• The most exciting, intense, or important point in a literary work. It is often a turning point or pivotal moment in a story.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is foreshadowing?

• The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot.

• A literary device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.

• The time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place

• a dominant or reoccurring idea in a literary work.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is mood?

• a dominant or reoccurring idea in a literary work.

• The events that make up a story or the main part of a story. These events relate to a pattern or a sequence

• an element in a work of literature that arouses excited expectation or uncertainty about what may happen.

• A literary element that evokes certain feelings or senses in readers through words and descriptions.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is genre?

•  an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature. It is the message of the story and is underlying throughout the work.

• The process by which an author reveals the personality of a character

• A type or category of literature marked by certain shared features or conventions

•  an element in a work of literature that arouses excited expectation or uncertainty about what may happen.

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

What is a motif?

• A struggle between two opposing forces. The conflict may be between two people or it may be between a person and some other force.

• a dominant or reoccurring idea in a literary work.

• A person (or personified object or animal) in a work

• The time and place in which the events of a work of literature take place

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2