Literature Terms-1st period

Question 1: ______________________ is a message about life or human nature expressed in literature.

• Symbol

• Theme

• central idea

Question 2: A sequence of related events that make up the story is called ________________. It is the blueprint, map or design of the story.

• plot

• exposition

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Question 3: ________________ is the introduction of the story. This is the where the setting is established and the main characters are met.

• conflict

• characterization

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Question 4: _________ is a comparison between two different things using like or as.

• plot

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Question 5: ______ is a comparison between two different things in which one thing is or like the other.

• simile

• metaphor

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Question 6: What is a person, place, object, or action that has its own meaning and also stands for something beyond itself.

• symbol

• theme

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Question 7: An interruption in the action of the plot to tell what happened in the past; going back in time is called ____.

• irony

• suspense

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Question 8: _____ is a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happen.

• irony

• flashback

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Question 9: What is the growing tension and excitement felt by the reader?

• flashback

• suspense

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Question 10: The perspective from which the story is told is called _____.

• point of view

• irony

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4