Narrative Elements: Literary Terminology

Message or main idea presented in a statement

• theme

• moral

• setting

• plot

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a command to the reader based on the theme or themes

• moral

• irony

• diction

• foil

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will occur later in a narrative

• theme

• point of view

• foreshadowing

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

where an object represents an idea

• second person

• symbolism

• situational irony

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a comparison without like or as

• mood

• tone

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

a comparison with like or as

• mood

• simile

• metaphor

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

created by the author's word choice: a general feeling or emotion felt by the reader

• mood

• tone

• metaphor

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

created by the author's word choices: the author's attitude toward the subject matter

• metaphor

• simile

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

narrator is a character in the story (I, we, etc...)

• second person

• first person

• third person

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

narrator talks to the audience (you, your, etc...)

• third person

• first person

• second person

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9