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Literary Terms
6th Grade Reading
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds in words that are close together |
| Figurative Language | Language that describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true, such as a simile, metaphor, hyperbole and personification. |
| Hyperbole | A type of figurative language which is an exaggeration or over-statement for effect, not meant to be taken literally. |
| Metaphor | A comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing. |
| Onomatopoeia | The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. |
| Personification | A special kind of metaphor in which a non-human or non-living thing or quality is talked about as if it were human or alive. |
| Simile | A comparison between two or more unlike things using words such as "like," "as," "than" or resembles. |
| Drama | A story or play written to be acted out in front of an audience. |
| Autobiography | A writer's account of his or her own life, written from the first person point of view. |
| Fantasy | Imaginative writing that carries the reader into an invented world where the laws of nature as we know them do not operate. |
| Myth | A story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and superheroes. |
| Biography | The story of a person's life written in the third-person point of view by another person. |
| Fiction | Writing that is made up rather than true. |
| Short story | A fictional writing that is about five to twenty pages long. |
| Fable | A very brief story that teaches a moral; a practical lesson about how to succeed in life. |
| Essay | A short piece of non-fiction writing. |
| Genre | A kind; sort; type of literature such as modern realistic fiction, science fiction, biography, autobiography, fairy tale, tall tale, myth, legend, etc. |
| Non-fiction | Writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing any facts. |
| Tall tale | An exaggerated, fanciful story that gets more and more far-fetched or unbelievable the more it is told and retold. |
| Novel | A long fictional story that is usually more than one hundred pages in length. |
| Complications | Part of the rising action where problems create interest or suspense for the reader. |
| Resolution | The final part of the story when the characters' problems are solved and the story ends... |
| Exposition | The part of the plot that tells who the characters are and what their problem or conflict is... |
| Rising Action | The part of the plot that includes all the complications which lead to the climax of the story... |
| Falling Action | The events in a plot which occur after the climax but before the resolution... |
| Plot | The series of events that make up a story... |
| Climax | The point in the plot where the outcome of the conflict is decided one way or another; the most exciting moment in the story... |
| Omniscient | The point of view that is all-knowing in which the narrator knows everything about characters and their problems of past, present and future. |
| Inferrence | An educated guess about something the author has not directly stated, based upon evidence, clues or experiences. |
| Compare | When you look for similarities or ways things are alike. |
| First Person | One of the characters, using the personal pronoun "I" in telling the story. |
| Summary | A short retelling of the author's main points in your own words, focusing on the most important ideas. |
| Contrast | When you look for differences or how things are unlike others. |
| Predicting | Looking for clues that the writer gives you to guess what will happen next. |
| Characterization | Creating and developing a character using narration, dialogue, and description |
| External Conflict | A conflict with an outside force |
| Character | An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play, film, or story) |
| Protagonist | The main character in a story, often the good or heroic type |
| Internal Conflict | A struggle that takes place within a person's mind |
| Dialogue | The conversation carried on by the characters in a literary work |
| Antagonist | The bad guy or villain in a story, play, or movie |
| Opinion | An expression of a personal belief or feeling but cannot be proven to be true or false. |
| Author's Purpose | The author's reason for writing which may be to persuade, to inform or to entertain. |
| Sequence of Events | Chronological or time order of events in a story. |
| Cause | The reason something happens whch occurs first or prior to the result. |
| Setting | The time and place of a story, a poem or a play. |
| Effect | What happens as a result of or after an event. |
| Flashback | A scene that breaks the normal time order or sequence of events to show a past event. |
| Foreshadowing | The use of clues or hints to suggest events that occur later in the plot. |
| Theme | A truth about life revealed in a work of literature, the message about life which the author wants to tell or show the reader. |
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