6th Grade Literary Terms Review

Narrative: the way a story is told. From the point of view of a character or an outsider.

... when the author refers to the events or characters from another story in his/her own story

Antagonists and Protagonists are both types of...

“Two toucans tying ties, turtles tasting tea, and tigers trying trousers”...

Most important/exciting point in a story/ situation, especially when this happens near the end.

A story includes events that lead toward some sort of conflict and resolution. They are called:

Used to indicate the opposite meaning or intention...

Typically a scene takes place in a specific context (time and place). This is referred to as...

A short work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject. Persuasive, expository or critical

A ____________ is a group of lines or verses of poetry forming a unit.

Theme is used to describe the unifying idea or subject of the story. Suggests a universal truth

... takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound

This is not a homophone...

The musical quality created by the alternation of stressed an unstressed syllables in a verse

The act of solving or ending a problem or difficulty in a story.

“Mew, mew says the cat, grunt, grunt, goes the hog, and squeak goes the rat”...

Hints at the ending of or at an upcoming event a story without fully divulging it...

A word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning or spelling.

An indirect comparison...

_____ is the message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Moral.

Directly comparing one event or image to another one.

The basic elements of a scene are...

A group of words or a sentence that forms one section of a poem or song is called: ________

A form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—to evoke meanings

The writer's position on an issue or problem...