Literary Terms

a struggle or problem in a story that the main character encounters.

• Resolution

• Conflict

• Exposition

• Climax

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• Tone

• Mood

• Plot

• Metaphor

Sequence of events in a story

• Setting

• Plot

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.W.4.3A

The attitude of the author or narrator in a piece of writing.

• Mood

• Tone

• Simile

• Metaphor

A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using the word "like" or "as"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Genre

• Mood

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CCSS.L.4.5A

Which literary term is represented  in the picture?

• tone
• setting 
• antagonist
• theme

A word's emotional meaning (positive or negative) is called its ___.

• resolution
• inference
• denotation
• connotation

The THEME of a work is 

• the main character
• the title
• an idea that is dealt with
• the level of diction

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CCSS.RL.4.2

a person or animal in a story, play, or another literary work

• character

• theme

• setting

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CCSS.RL.4.3

The giving of human characteristics (emotions,

behaviors, etc.) to non-human animals, things, or

ideas

• Literal

• Figurative

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Javier turned the key. The car’s engine

hesitated for a moment, but it finally woke

up. (Hesitating and waking up are human

actions.)