Lit

The plan of action or sequence of events of the story.

• climax

• plot

• rising action

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CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The vantage point, or stance from which a story is told, the eye and mind through which the action is perceived.

• point of view

• narrator

• protagonist

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The character or force that opposes the protagonist.

• problem

• conflict

• antagonist

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

A brief tale told to illustrate a moral with animals as characters which possess human traits.

• parable

• fable

• proverb

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The time and place in which the action of a story occurs.

• atmosphere

• setting

• mood

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The tension or excitement felt by the reader as he or she becomes involved in the story.

• suspense

• climax

• rising action

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

The central idea in a literary work.

• synopsis

• summary

• theme

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject

• tone

• mood

• atmosphere

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

A figure of speech in which two seemingly unlike things are compared by the use of a word or phrase such as like or as.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The feeling, or atmosphere, that a writer creates for the reader.

• attitude

• mood

• tone

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4