Literary Terms
A struggle or main problem in the story
What is conflict?
A list of things, people, places or ideas an authors uses to help prove a point
What are examples?
The number of details a student should use to help support their claim
Highlighting key details, words you don't understand, or anything you find important
What is annotating?
The person telling the story
What is a narrator?
The time and place of a story
What is the setting?
When the text shows similarities and differences of two different things
What is compare and contrast?
A writing template or format used in 8th grade
What is RACES?
Cross them out
What do you do with answers you know are wrong?
Specific words an author uses to express a mood
What is tone?
The feeling a text creates for the reader
What is mood?
Using someone else's words to help prove your point
What is a quotation? (or citation)
The authors point, what they are trying to prove
What is a claim?
An answer that is close to being right, but is only there to mess you up
What is a distractor?
When the narrator has access to all characters thoughts
What is a third person omniscient?
The overall meaning (central message) of a story
What is the theme?
When the text uses a story to help prove their point
What is an anecdote?
The final piece of writing in a research paper, essay, or article that summarizes the entire work
What is a conclusion?
What should you read first?
A tool the authors uses to create characters:
Characters thoughts, feelings and actions; direct or indirect
What is characterization?
A side by side contrast; place two characters, settings, or ideas next to each other so that the reader will compare and contrast them
What is juxtaposition?
A structure that tells the story in order, from first to last
What is chronological?
A visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data
What is an infographic?
How should students prepare for a state test?
When the opposite of what you expect to happen occurs, often in a humorous way
What is irony?