Literary Terms

Qualities that tell the reader about a character

• Traits

• Allusion

• Antagonist

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The thesis or major argument of a nonfiction text.

• Central Idea

• Climax

• Plot

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Information that can be found from words, phrases, or illustrations that surround the word

• Context Clues

• Irony

• Central Idea

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The way the author chooses to present information

• Text Stucture

• Point of view

• Flashback

• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The events of a drama after the climax but before the resolution

• Falling Action

• Rising Action

• Exposition

• Resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A group of lines that form a unit in a poem; a verse

• Stanza

• Chapter

• Allusion

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A scene in a movie, novel set in a time earlier than the main story; transition to an earlier event

• flashback

• resolution

• foreshadowing

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A lesson that can be learned from a story

• moral

• theme

• point of view

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

The way the conflict is solved in a story; a final solution or outcome;ending

• resolution

• climax

• falling action

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The way the narrator tells the story

• point of view

• text structure

• inference

• context clues

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D