Literary Terms for Sixth Graders - 1

the exact meaning of a word

_______is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art. 

a comparison using “like” or “as”

the feelings a reader gets while reading a story (the atomosphere in a literary piece)

can be an internal or external struggle between opposing forces/characters in a story 

word or expression that is meant to be taken as factual and not figuratively

A type of Japanese poem with 3 lines and the syllable count for each line is 5-7-5

A type of poem with no rules

A group of lines in a poem is called _________

a situation where the opposite of what is expected to occur does occur!

The attitude the writer/author takes toward his subject or audience is called

This is an author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

character or force causing the conflict/problem in a story