Literary Terms- Set 1

an invented or imaginary story

• Fiction

• Non Fiction

• Fable

• Biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people.

• Poem

• Non Fiction

• Fantasy

• Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The sequence of events or actions in a story.

• Narrator

• Setting

• Plot

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

The person or character telling the story.

• Character

• Narrator

• Characterization

• Fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The time and place a story occurs.

• Time

• Place

• Narrator

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

An interruption where the action shifts from present to past; like a memory.

• Setting

• Flashback

• Fiction

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A person or thing in a story.

• Character

• Characterization

• Narrator

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The main character in a story.

• Character

• Characterization

• Narrator

• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The character who is in conflict with the main character.

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Character

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

The perspective in which the story is told.

• Setting

• Point of View

• Narrator

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.5