Literary Terms Study Guide

What is the term for the following definition? A person or animal who takes part in the action of a literary work.

• Character

• Setting

• Theme

• Narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the term for the following definition? The high point of interest or suspense in a literary work.

• Climax

• Exposition

• Falling Action

• Resolution

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What is the term for the following definition? A literary work that is less serious than tragedy; ends happily.

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Satire

• Epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is the term for the following definition? The struggle between opposing forces.

• Conflict

• Resolution

• Theme

• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the term for the following definition? Conversation between characters.

• Dialogue

• Monologue

• Narration

• Soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the term for the following definition? A story written to be performed by actors.

• Drama

• Novel

• Poem

• Essay

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is the term for the following definition? A short, nonfiction work about a particular subject.

• Essay

• Novel

• Poem

• Play

What is the term for the following definition? In a story’s plot, the part that includes characters, setting, and/or conflict.

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the term for the following definition? An interruption of a story to relate an event from an earlier time.

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Climax

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the term for the following definition? Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

• Fiction

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10