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6thGr-Literary Terms
6th Grade Reading - Literary Terms (Mystery)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plot | The events a story comprises particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, sequence, through cause and effect, or by coincidence. |
| cozies | Mystery novels typically in English country houses, villages or other benign environments. The detectives and cozies typically use brains and not brawn to get to the bottom of a crime. Features murder and subsequent investigations. |
| Alibi | a plea offered by an accused person of not having been at the scene of the crime |
| antagonist | a force working against the protagonist in a story |
| contrast | to identify the difference of 2 or more objects |
| inference | a logical guess based on facts from one's own knowledge and experience |
| theme | a message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader |
| mood | the feeling atmosphere that a writer cr |
| effect | a change that results when something is done or happens |
| point of view | a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated. |
| spy thriller | an exciting, suspenseful story featuring one government against another |
| opportunity | a good chance to do something |
| conflict | a struggle between opposing forces and drives the action of a story. man vs nature man vs man man vs self man vs society |
| compare | to identify the similarities of 2 or more subjects |
| drawing conclusions | a statement of belief based on evidence, experience, and reasoning |
| parts of the plot | the series of events in a story |
| fact | a statement that can be proved or verified. |
| context clues | words or phrases surrounding the word that provided hints about the words meaning |
| witness | a person who has personal knowledge about the crime |
| suspect | people who appear to have a motive to have committed the crime |
| protagonist | the main character in a story |
| flashback | an interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time. |
| setting | the time and place a story takes place |
| symbol | a person, place, object or activity that stands for something beyond itself |
| clue | something that appears to give information toward the solving crime. |
| tone | expresses the writer's attitude towards his subject |
| author's purpose | usually one or more of the following; inform, explain, persuade, entertain, or express thoughts |
| inverted story | the culprit's identity is known: not a "whodoneit" buy why and how? |
| foreshadowing | when a writer provides a hint that suggests future events in a story |
| dynamic character | one who undergoes important changes as the plot unfolds |
| backgrounder | an interesting topic or setting as well as ingenious crime. |
| opinion | what someone thinks about a particular thing |
| police procedural | a mystery that involves realistic police work |
| motive | a reason for doing something |
| figurative language | descriptive language that is not literal |
| sequencing | putting the scenes in order from the beginning to the end |
| red herring | a fake lead that throws the investigator off the track |
| sleuth | an investigator or detective |
| static characters | one who remains the same throughout the story |
| verbal imagery | words in an image |
| evidence | someone or something that proves who committed the crime |
| cause | a reason for an action or condition; something that brings about an effect or result |
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