Literary Terms

the perspective from which a story is told

• narrator

• point of view

• first person

• third person

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The speaker in a story is the _____.

• Protagonist

• Resolution

• Narrator

• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a text of written, fictional, narrative prose normally longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.

• theme

• tone

• simile

• novella

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This type of narrator is a character in the story. Using the pronoun, "I," the narrator reveals his or her own thoughts. This type of narrator may be unreliable.

• First person narrator

• Second person narrator

• Third person limited narrator

• Omniscient narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the term for words that imitate the sound they represent?

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person

• essay

• biography

• memoir

• autobiography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Select the literary techniques that could be used to analyse this expression:

"I foamed! - I raved! - I swore!"

• irony

• repetition

• punctuation

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The anti-hero in a literary text is ...

• The character who goes against the hero, or the villain.

• The character who possesses contrasting qualities with the main character.

• The main character who lacks the conventional heroic qualities.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is a round character?

• The main character

• The character that everyone likes

• The convincing character that is life-like

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is juxtaposition?

• Confusing presentation of contrasting images/ ideas

• Justified presentation of contrasting images/ ideas

• Simultaneous presentation of contrasting images/ ideas

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5