Literary Terms Review

a ceremony or event that marks a crisis or important transitional period in a person's life, such as birth, puberty, marriage, having children, and death.

• Rite of passage

• Kobayashi Maru

• Symbol

• Falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The time and place of the story

• Denoument

• Falling action

• Resolution

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

the character who opposes the leading character in the story

• Antagonist

• Protaganist

• Batman

• >=(

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

the main character in fiction or drama, may or may not be heroic

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Kermit

• ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The central idea or insight of a work of literature, the idea the author wishes to convey about a subject; In order to infer theme look at how the main character changes and/or how the conflict has been resolved.

• Tone

• Mood

• Theme

• Plot

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

the attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character, it is conveyed through the writer's choice of words and details; Part of the range of tone includes playful, somber, serious, casual, formal, ironic, etc.

• Tone

• Plot

• Mood

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

the prevailing emotions of a work, the feeling or atmosphere the author creates; word choice, imagery, rhythm, etc. can contribute to the mood

• Message

• Mood

• Theme

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the narrator is a character in the story, uses the pronoun "I," the narrator tells us his/her own feelings and thoughts but cannot reveal any others' private thoughts

• First person POV

• Second person POV

• Third person limited POV

• Third person omniscient POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the narrator is outside the story, but tells the story from the vantage point of only one character, the narrator can enter the mind of the character and reveal his/her thoughts

• First person POV

• Second person POV

• Third person limited POV

• Third person omniscient POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

the narrator is outside the story and knows everything that is going on in the story, the narrator is a god-like observer that can reveal the private thoughts of all of the characters to the reader

• First person POV

• Second person POV

• Third person limited POV

• Third person omniscient POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6