Middle school ELA Literary Terms

The feeling created in the story.

The beginning of the story; introduces the setting and characters.

All the following are examples of nonfiction except...

When the narrator is in the story.

Mood is…

A problem in a story between characters.

a word/phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses.

A feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work.

An affix added to the end of a root word

Words/conversations that are spoken between characters.

Language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.

All of the following are examples of fiction except for...

The author's lesson that you learn from the story.

Words that have similar meanings

Writing that is true.

The time and the place of the story.

Tone is…

Falling action is

Writing that is not meant to be taken literally.

The events in the story that follows the author’s outline.

A pattern in non-fiction text in which ideas are presented step by step.

The use of anything to represent something else.

Infographics, recipes, owner's manual, newspaper, travel brochure are all forms of..

The lesson of a myth or folktale

A figure of speech that references another person, place, thing, or event.

A newspaper is written to …

This plot begins to work itself out.

Figurative language that is an over-the-top exaggeration.

A brief story about an interesting or amusing event.

Writing that is not true.

The repetition of the first consonant sounds in two or more words...

The main character in the story.

A poetry paragraph is...

Figurative language that is a comparison using "like or as."

Type of literature that is meant to be acted on a stage.

A fictional story, usually with animals, that teaches a lesson...

The story of a person's life that is told by that person himself/herself.

The plot and solution have unfurled completely.

Relationship between an event and the reasons why the event occurred.

Two ideas are presented for their similarities and their differences.

The narrator is all knowing; they know the thoughts of everyone in story.

comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use like or as.

The problem in the story.

1st person or 3rd person are examples of...

Hints in the text that helps a reader understand a difficult or unusual word.

The reason an author writes (PIE).

Basing a conclusion on personal opinion rather than on the facts.

The turning point in the story.

Young man in conflict with his brother.

Words that mimic sounds

Events that help predict what will happen later in the story.

A scene in a story that relates past events.

The opposition to the main character in a story.

An affix added to the beginning of a root word

The story of a person's life as told by someone else.

An advertisement is written to…

A situation is presented that needs a resolution.

Figurative language that gives non-human things, human qualities.