Literary Terms
This is the where, when and overall mood of a story.
What is setting?
In the short story, "All Summer in a Day" the sun only comes out once every 7 years on this planet.
What is Venus?
This is the most important idea the author wants you to understand in a nonfiction text.
What is the central (or main) idea?
"Time is a thief."
What is metaphor?
This writing strategy helps you track important ideas, questions, and reactions while reading.
What is annotation?
This is the highest point of tension in a story.
What is climax?
In Walk Two Moons, these two daughters treated their mother very poorly.
Who is Phoebe and Prudence Winterbottom?
This text structure shows how two things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
“Boom! Crash! Bang!”
What is onomatopoeia?
This character gave Cassie Logan this advice: “There are things you can’t back down on, things you gotta take a stand on.”
Who is David Logan? (Papa Logan)
This narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third-person omniscient?
What is a sunflower?
This text structure explains why something happens and what happens next.
What is cause and effect?
“The alarm clock screamed at me this morning.”
What is personification?
This character's plane crashed leaving him stranded in the Canadian Wilderness.
Who is Brian? (Hatchet)
This character opposes the main character.
What is antagonist??
This story takes place during The Great Depression and included references to the cities Flint,MIchigan and Gary, Indiana
What is The Mighty Miss Malone?
This is the author’s reason for writing a text (to inform, persuade, or entertain).
What is author's purpose?
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”
What is hyperbole?
This planet's name comes from the Mayan's name for the "deathbat."
What is Camazotz?
This is how an author develops a character through actions, thoughts, and dialogue.
What is characterization?
This memoir shows how Ji-li Jiang’s loyalty to her family is tested when she is pressured to denounce her father for being part of the “Five Black Categories.”
What is Red Scarf Girl?
Readers look at this when trying to determine an author's point of view on a topic.
What is word choice and/or tone?
“Don’t be such a Grinch!”
What is allusion?
In A Wrinkle in Time, Meg travels through space using this method that folds time and space.
What is a tesseract or tessering?