Literary Terms Review EOY

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

• allusion
• idiom
• simile
• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

the whole written text of a play

• script

• act

• line

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Describing the moon as if it were shy and hiding behind clouds is an example of ________.

• metaphor

• protagonist

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• script

• line

• scene

• act

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

• plot

• climax

• rising action

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

• theme

• falling action

• foreshadowing

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a major section of a play, usually made up of several scenes

• line

• setting

• script

• act

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The words spoken aloud between characters in a piece of literature.

• dialogue

• tone

• stage directions

• scene

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The main character of the story

• antagonist

• foreshadowing

• protagonist

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison of two unlike things by saying one thing is not like the other (dissimilar). Does not use like or as.

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D