5th Grade Literary Terms

The authors perspective of the events in a story is called

Which of the following is usually not considered a chararcter in a story

Important true details about a real event or person in a story are called facts

A play on words used for comic effect are called

The main events in a story line are called the plot

A hint in a story about something that will happen later to build suspense is called a

Use of the same letter or sound or phrase in a story is called repition

The angry door blocked our path is an exaple of a

The repetition of the same sounds or the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

When a word or image is used to represent something else it is called symbolism

In a biography, which of the following would be an opinion

When two characters are talking in a story it is called a

The feeling that the reader gets from the wtiting is called

Any non fiction writing that is meant to give the reader knowledge about a subject is calle informational text.

Where a story occurs is called the

Writing that sometimes rhymes and does not use standard sentence structure is called

Nonstandard use of language or very casual speech in writing like using the word "aint" is called

A story that is made up and not meant to be true is called

In a story, a break in the normal sequence of events to relate information that happened earlier is called

A story set in a time in history that usually have some of the historical events as part of the plot are called

He was as loud as a boat whistle is an example of

A story that creates suspense with a plot that has missing information that the characters try to discover is called

Writing that is meant to entertain in a funny manner is called humor.

Giving non-living things or animals human qaulities is called personification

In a story, when people speak in a manner from a region of the country it is called

Stories, poerty, fiction, biographies, etc. are called genres.

The development of vivid details to desribe what the narrator feels or experiences is called imagery.

A story about a person written by someone other than the person the story is about is called an autobiography

A selection of writing is called a

The major idea, purpose, etc that the writer wanted to relate to the reader is

A short story or poem that teaches a lesson are called

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis is called

Suspense in a story is the feeling of uncertainity about what will happen next

A story that taked place in an unreal world is called

Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?

The story of a person's life written by the that person and telling their own story is an autobiography

The struggle or problems that oocur between opposing forces in a story are called

The condition where the opposite happens of what should happen is called irony.

When people use a particular word that is related to particular job or field it is called a

The pattern or rhythm of a poem is called the

A group of lines in a poem that acts like a paragraph in a story is a

The moral, lesson, or message that the writer wants the reader to understand from the story is