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Ms. Joseph
Ms Joseph's OAA Literary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Writing that is organized in sentences and paragraphs | prose |
| Prose writing about characters from the author's imagination | fiction |
| An expression that has meaning particular to a language or region - ex. "Get off my back." | idiom |
| Time and Place that a story takes place | setting |
| Sequences of events in a story | plot |
| Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words | alliteration |
| Every feature of a writer's use of language, such as rhythm, word choice, and methods of organization | author's style |
| Story of a person's life written by that person | autobiography |
| Story of a person's life written by another person | biography |
| Qualities that can affect a character's thoughts, decisions, and actions | character traits |
| High point or turning point of a story | climax |
| Making sensible decisions or forming reasonable opinions based on details and information from the text that was read | drawing conclusions |
| Struggle or problem between two opposing forces in the story | conflict |
| Piece of writing that takes a stance and uses supporting paragraphs, usually five paragraphs long, includes introduction, body, and conclusion | essay |
| fiction that teaches a moral | fable |
| events that follow the climax | falling action |
| shape and appearance of a poem in lines and stanzas | form |
| words or phrases that a writer uses that mean something different than their dictionary definition | figurative language |
| story that reflects the culture from which it came from | folk tale |
| a hint given to the reader of what is to come in the future | foreshadowing |
| message about life that the story conveys to the reader | theme |
| type of story that uses real people or events | historical fiction |
| coming to a conclusion based on combining text clues with prior knowledge | making inferences |
| a story that may or may be based on facts but includes extraordinary human deeds | legend |
| type of sing-song poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the author (ex. sonnet, ode | lyric |
| identifying the most important idea about a topic | identifying the main idea |
| compares two things saying one "is" the other | metaphor |
| fiction that explains the actions of gods and goddesses or natural phenomena | myth |
| a short story that contains a plot, setting, characters, conflict, and theme | narrative |
| type of story that is based off of real people and events | non-fiction |
| long work of fiction | novel |
| work of fiction shorter than a novel but longer than a short story | novella |
| when the pronunciation of a word imitates the sound it makes (crash, boom, bang) | onomatopoeia |
| handing down any kind of literature by word of mouth | oral tradition |
| restating the sentence or idea in your own words | paraphrasing |
| giving inanimate objects human-like qualities | personification |
| a SHORT statement the explains the main ideas of a text | summarizing |
| literature written in verse form and organized in lines and stanzas often using imagery, figurative language, and sometimes rhymes. | poetry |
| perspective from which the story is told | point of view |
| using text, graphics, and prior knowledge to tell what may happen in the future | predicting |
| compares two things using "like" or "as" | simile |
| part of plot where the conflict is resolved | resolution |
| repetition of sounds at the ends of words | rhyme |
| pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | rhythm |
| second part of plot where the mini conflicts are revealed | rising action |
| brief work of fiction that is shorter than a narrative and a novella | short story |
| clues surrounding an unknown word that help give it meaning | context clues |
| A word that means the opposite of another word. | Antonym |
| A word that means the same as another word. | Synonym |
| an addition to a word that goes at the beginning of the root word | Prefix |
| an addition to a word that goes at the back of the root word | Suffix |
| a word that does not have any prefix or suffix added to it | root word |
| Words that have the same sound and spelling but different meanings. | homonym |
| Words that sound the same, but have different spellings. | homophone |
| the type and style of a selection | genre |
| the topic that the selection is about | main idea |
| to find the differences between two or more things | To Contrast |
| to find the similarities between two or more things | To Compare |
| use details to tell why you chose that answer | Explain you answer |
| a statement that is based on feelings or emotions, cannot be proven | Opinion |
| a statement that can be proven true | Fact |
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