Literary Terms

Front

Which word below is a hint or clue about something to come in the story? Options: drama, flashback, foreshadowing, conflict

Back

foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Which word below is the turning point in the story? Options:

climax

,

rising action

,

falling action

,

resolution

Back

climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Front

Instruction in the text of a play indicating movement, position, tone of an actor, or sound effects/lighting.

Back

stage directions

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

Front

Which word below is a script written to be performed by actors/actresses?

Back

drama

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Front

What is the action of a play or story that works out the decision arrived at during the climax, typically the events that happen after the climax?

Back

falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Front

Which word below is a series of events within a fiction story?

Back

plot

Front

Which word below is a memory--the author interrupts the plot of the story to recreate an incident of an earlier time?

Back

flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Which word below is a series of events that move a story toward a climax?

Back

rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Front

What is the portion of a story that helps the reader understand the background or situation, including the setting, characters, and conflict?

Back

exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Front

Portion of the story where the problem is solved

Back

resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4