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Middle School Reading Literary Terms
Middle School Reading Literary Terms
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Literary terms from middle school reading class
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A comparison that shows a relationship between two things.
Sarcasm
Metaphor
Analogy
Simile
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A Classification of literature, such as fiction, drama, poetry, etc.
Genre
Myth
Simile
Plot
3
An American hero folktale full of extreme exaggerations.
Context Clues
Theme
Imagery
Tall Tale
4
A folktale, usually with talking animals, that always has a moral to it.
Analogy
Fable
Drama
Plot
5
A type of literature that tells about real-life people, places, events, and things.
Fiction
Theme
Summary
Non-Fiction
6
Words, phrases, or sentences that give meaning to unknown words.
Context Clues
Resolution
Suspense
Summary
7
Gives the main idea and important details of a passage
Fiction
Tall Tale
Suspense
Summary
8
A folktale(fictional story) about gods and godesses(mythology)
Plot
Oxymoron
Myth
Genre
9
Restating something using different words(rephrasing).
Resolution
Oxymoron
Paraphrase
Suspense
10
A play written to be performed by actors.
Simile
Drama
Fable
Myth
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A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
Drama
Simile
Plot
Repetition
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A comparison of two unlike things NOT using the words "like" or "as".
Simile
Suspense
Connotation
Metaphor
13
What a piece of writing is mostly about.
Genre
Context Clues
Plot
Main Idea
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A more generally stated topic concerning a passage's main ideas.
Fable
Theme
Main Idea
Resolution
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A type of literature that tells a made-up story.
Simile
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Drama
