LITERARY TERMS
In sixth grade, students will identify various literary elements and devices used in the short stories, novels, and poems we read throughout the year. Most of what we identify as literary elements and devices in Reading class, we have as writing skills in English class. I will continue to add to this page as more literary elements are introduced.
In sixth grade, students will identify various literary elements and devices used in the short stories, novels, and poems we read throughout the year. Most of what we identify as literary elements and devices in Reading class, we have as writing skills in English class. I will continue to add to this page as more literary elements are introduced.
CONFLICT
CONFLICT: a struggle between opposing forces
INTERNAL CONFLICT: a struggle between opposing desires or emotions inside a person
INTERNAL CONFLICT: a struggle between opposing desires or emotions inside a person
EXTERNAL CONFLICT: a struggle between a character and some outside force;
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Students are encouraged to not just recognize figurative language when reading, but also use these types of figurative language when writing. So far this year, students have had practice with hyperbole, simile, metaphor and personification.
Students are encouraged to not just recognize figurative language when reading, but also use these types of figurative language when writing. So far this year, students have had practice with hyperbole, simile, metaphor and personification.
PLOT
When we read short stories and novels, we will evaluate them for their elements of plot. Students are expected to understand how the plot of a story unfolds and how characters change as plot moves towards a resolution.
When we read short stories and novels, we will evaluate them for their elements of plot. Students are expected to understand how the plot of a story unfolds and how characters change as plot moves towards a resolution.
IMAGERY
When writers are descriptive and use SENSORY DETAILS to help us feel like we are experiencing the story first hand.
When writers are descriptive and use SENSORY DETAILS to help us feel like we are experiencing the story first hand.
Cliffhanger is a literary device used in fiction where the author places the main character in a difficult situation. Chapters in novels will often end in a cliffhanger to make the reader want to keep reading!
Allusion
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work. It often adds meaning to the literary work.
In The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 there are allusions to music from that era as well as references to the movie, The Wizard of Oz.
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work. It often adds meaning to the literary work.
In The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963 there are allusions to music from that era as well as references to the movie, The Wizard of Oz.
Flashback is the interruption of time in a story with the insertion of a past incident.
For example, in chapter 16 of Among the Hidden, while Luke is eating dinner with his family, he is remembering back to his experience meeting Jen earlier in the day. Through this flashback, the author explains some of the background about the Population Law as well as Jen's backstory. As we read more of the novel, this flashback will help us further understand the plot.
Theme a lesson about life that is the focus or what can be learned from the story told.
Irony: Isn't it Ironic??
Irony is when an event that occurs directly contradicts what you would expect to happen.
At the end of "Medusa's Head," Acrisios' death is ironic because he is still killed by his grandson, Perseus, but it is by accident.
Irony is when an event that occurs directly contradicts what you would expect to happen.
At the end of "Medusa's Head," Acrisios' death is ironic because he is still killed by his grandson, Perseus, but it is by accident.
HUMOR
Humor is a quality of a literary work that makes a character or situation seem funny or amusing.
Christopher Paul Curtis uses the literary element of humor throughout The Watson's Go to Birmingham - 1963. When Byron gets his lips stuck to the frozen car window after kissing his reflection, dad says, "Well, lover boy, I guess this means no one can call you Hot Lips, can they?"
Humor is a quality of a literary work that makes a character or situation seem funny or amusing.
Christopher Paul Curtis uses the literary element of humor throughout The Watson's Go to Birmingham - 1963. When Byron gets his lips stuck to the frozen car window after kissing his reflection, dad says, "Well, lover boy, I guess this means no one can call you Hot Lips, can they?"
Dialect
Speech that reflects pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar of a particular region.
Speech that reflects pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar of a particular region.
Suspense
A feeling of excitement, curiosity or expectation about what will happen.
A feeling of excitement, curiosity or expectation about what will happen.