Keystone Literature Terms Top 40 (Part 1)

An author’s choice of words, phrases, sentence structures and figurative language, which combine to help create meaning and tone.

• diction

• dramatic script

• mood

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A variety of a language distinct from the standard variety in pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.

• dialect
• dialogue
• figurative language
• first-person

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Distinguish, tell apart, and recognize differences between two or more items. 

• differentiate
• compare/contrast
• soliloquy 
• conclusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The subtle presence of a positive or negative approach toward a topic.

• bias
• climax
• problem
• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Clearly expressed or fully stated in the actual text.

• explicit
• implicit
• evaluated
• fact

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

To make understandable, plain or clear.

• explain
• evaluate
• analyze
• judgement

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

To make a judgment or decision based on reasoning rather than direct or implicit statement.

• draw conclusion
• explain
• fact
• defense of a claim

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. The structure often includes the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. It may have a protagonist who is opposed by an antagonist, creating what is called conflict.

• plot

• exposition

• theme

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Information aimed at positively or negatively influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people.

• propaganda
• persuasive essay
• argument
• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A literary organizational form that presents the order in which tasks are to be performed.

• sequence of steps

• literary movement

• plot map

• literary form

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3