Literary Terms Flashcards

Front

Protagonist

Back

The main or leading character.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Antagonist

Back

The character or force working against the main character.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Setting

Back

The time and place of the story, including any details related to time and place.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Conflict

Back

When a character faces an obstacle to their central want or need; used as a tool in literature to move the story forward.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

Internal Conflict

Back

When a character struggles with their own thoughts, emotions, or decisions (e.g., Man vs. Self).

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

External Conflict

Back

When the protagonist has to struggle against other characters, nature, or society (e.g., Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society).

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

Point of View

Back

The perspective from which the story is told.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Front

1st Person Point of View

Back

A character from the story is narrating the story using "I" in the narration.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

3rd Person Point of View

Back

The narrator is not a character in the story but an outside observer.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Front

Theme

Back

The main idea or deeper life lesson of a literary work.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D