Literary Terms

Where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed is the...

• plot

• exposition

• resolution

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Adjectives that describe a character on the inside are...

• character traits

• direct characterization

• indirect characterizaton

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

The main character in a story is the...

• antagonist

• protagonist

• theme

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Hints or clues that suggest what may happen later in the story is...

• suspense

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• falling action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The time and place of a story is...

• exposition

• plot

• rising action

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

The author tells you explicitly what a character is like using...

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• character traits

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

What happens in a story; the chain of events that makes up a story is called...

• resolution

• rising action

• plot

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

The anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story is called...

• exposition

• suspense

• flashback

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The most exciting or intense part of the story; the turning point of the story is called...

• plot

• theme

• climax

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

The author shows you what a character is like through his thoughts, feelings, choices, words, and actions using...

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

• character traits

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4