Literary Terms Review

a group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

a subdivision of an act that changes for a new time or location; ends when characters leave the stage

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

the events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

descriptions or directions in the script that tell how the play is to be performed

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

the person (or force) in conflict with the protagonist

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

what happens in a story; the chain of events that make up a story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

hints or clues that suggest what may happen later in a story

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the written text of a play

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

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CCSS.L.6.5A

where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9