6th Grade Literary Terms Review

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

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

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

Used to indicate the opposite meaning or intention...

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

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

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

The basic elements of a scene are...

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

Antagonists and Protagonists are both types of...

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

Directly comparing one event or image to another one.

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

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

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

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

This is not a homophone...

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

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

An indirect comparison...

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

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

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

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