Study Guide (SOL) - Literary Terms and Definitions

Fill in the blank: Words or ways of setting up a text that help readers understand more difficult words are called ________.

• Context clues

• Text features

• Glossaries

• Summaries

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Fill in the blank: A group of lines (usually four) in a piece of poetry. These are basically the “paragraphs” of a poem. This is called a ________.

• Stanza

• Verse

• Couplet

• Sonnet

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Fill in the blank: The overall idea that the author wants you to think about throughout an entire text is called the ________.

• Main idea

• Summary

• Setting

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Fill in the blank: A series of significant events that must occur in a set order is called ________ or ________.

• chronological; sequential

• random; sporadic

• parallel; simultaneous

• isolated; unique

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Fill in the blank: Popular words or expressions that are unique to a nation’s culture are called ________.

• idioms

• proverbs

• dialects

• jargons

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Fill in the blank: The moment in a story when the conflict is over, so rising action becomes falling action is called the ________.

• climax

• introduction

• resolution

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Fill in the blank: When an author is writing to educate the reader about a specific issue or topic, their purpose is to ________.

• inform

• entertain

• persuade

• confuse

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Fill in the blank: Directly comparing two things that are not similar is called a ________.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Fill in the blank: Where the author begins to escalate (increase) the conflict is called ________.

• Rising action

• Falling action

• Resolution

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Fill in the blank: This type of conflict puts the protagonist against a problem that is beyond our natural world (i.e.: ghosts, vampires, aliens, zombies, angels and demons, etc.) is called ________.

• Individual vs supernatural

• Individual vs individual

• Individual vs society

• Individual vs technology

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3