Literary Terminology

Who is the SPEAKER?

• The person reading the story to you

• The author

• The person "telling" the poem

• The person "telling" the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is a theme?

• When and where a story takes place.

• Where a story happens.

• A lesson or message that a writer wants readers to understand.

• The main idea of a story.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When an author gives hints or clues about what will happen next in a story, it is called...

• forecasting

• personification

• foraging

• foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The main character within a story, usually considered the hero, is a...

• protagonist

• prodigious

• personification

• character

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Personification is when...

• human traits are given to something that is acting like a human

• human traits are given to an animal

• human traits are given to something that is not human

• human traits is given to an inanimate object

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Motivation is...

• when and where a story takes place

• the reason(s) a character is driven to do certain things within a story

• when a character decides to answer the call to adventure and go on his journey

• a problem within the story

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A larger-than-life character who embodies the ideals of a nation or culture

• Protagonist

• Epic Hero

• Antagonist

• Character

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

A setting is...

• Where a story takes place

• The setting of a story.

• The land that a hero travels through during a story

• When and where a story takes place

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The problem within a story

• conflict

• theme

• foreshadowing

• personification

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A person, animal, or even an inanimate object that takes part in a story

• protagonist

• epic hero

• character

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9