Literary Terms Review

The most exciting point in a story.

• Climax

• Plot

• Protagonist

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

The time & place of the action in a literary work.

• Conflict

• Plot

• Setting

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

The struggle between opposing forces, such as two people fighting or the problem in the story.

• Conflict

• Debate

• Plot

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

The use of clues that suggest or predict what will occur later in the story.

• Context

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Plot

A writer’s attitude towards his or her subject.

• Conflict

• Mood

• Plot

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

The feeling created in the reader by the literary work.

• Conflict

• Mood

• Setting

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

The central message of a literary work. It is a generalization about human beings or about life.

• Characterization

• Mood

• Plot

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

The main character in a literary work.

• Antagonist

• First person

• Protagonist

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

The sequence of events, or what happens in a story or novel.

• Conflict

• Foreshadowing

• Plot

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3A

A figure of speech in which two things are compared without the use of “like” or “as.” Example: “On the football team, the defensive line was a concrete wall.”

• Apostrophe

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5A