Literary Terms - The Outsiders

Setting

• time and place of a story

• a person who tells a story

• the idea and feeling associated with a word

• a reference to another piece of literature or art within 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

Point of View

• The perspective from which a story is told

• the central character or hero of a story

• when an author provides hints that predict future events in a story

• non-living things are given human traits

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

First Person

• character within the story is telling it; “I”

• someone outside the story is telling it; “s/he”

• a person who tells a story

• less important characters who interact with the main characters

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Third Person

• someone outside the story is telling it; “s/he”

• plays a large role in the story; main character

• a reference to another piece of literature or art within a story

• The perspective from which a story is told

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Narrator

• a person who tells a story

• the method a writer uses to develop a character

• plays a large role in the story; main character

• the idea and feeling associated with a word

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Characterization

• the method a writer uses to develop a character

• plays a large role in the story; main character

• the underlying meaning or message of a literary work

• a comparison of 2 separate things using like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Major Character

• plays a large role in the story; main character

• less important characters who interact with the main characters

• the central character or hero of a story

• the force working against the main character/hero

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Minor Character

• less important characters who interact with the main characters

• the central character or hero of a story

• plays a large role in the story; main character

• the force working against the main character/hero

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Protagonist

• the central character or hero of a story

• plays a large role in the story; main character

• less important characters who interact with

  the main characters

• the force working against the main character/hero

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Antagonist

• the force working against the main character/hero

• less important characters who interact with the main characters

• plays a large role in the story; main character

• the central character or hero of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3