Mrs. Painter Literary Terms

Climax

• Dictionary definition of a word

• The most important or exciting event in a story

• A comparison not using like or as

• Giving human qualities to an object

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Conflict

• Giving human qualities to an object

• A disagreement or clash between or among characters, a problem

• The story line or sequence of events

• The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

Connotation

• Subjective or suggestive meaning of a word

• The use of words that imitate a sound

• The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

• Dictionary definition of a word

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

Denotation

• The words spoken by a character

• Dictionary definition of a word

• The most important or exciting event in a story

• Somebody's way of thinking about a subject, personal opinion, perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

Dialogue

• Two contradicting words used together for a special effect

• The words spoken by a character

• Somebody's way of thinking about a subject, personal opinion, perspective

• A scene or event from the past, usually appears out of chronological order

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Flashback

• The story line or sequence of events

• A scene or event from the past, usually appears out of chronological order

• The words spoken by a character

• The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.4.5

Foreshadowing

• To indicate or suggest something that is going to happen in the future

• The attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

• The use of words that imitate a sound

• Deliberate and obvious exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

Hyperbole

• Repeating something

• Deliberate and obvious exaggeration

• Dictionary definition of a word

• Giving human qualities to an object

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

Idiom

• A word or phrase that is different from the literal meaning of the words

• Giving human qualities to an object

• Something that stands for or represents something else

• Words that produce a mental set of pictures

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

Imagery

• The use of words that imitate a sound

• Words that produce a set of mental pictures

• Time period or place in which events in a story occur

• Comparison using like or as

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3