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Literary Terms Explained: A Comprehensive Guide for 6th Grade English Students

Enhance your understanding of literary concepts with this detailed guide covering exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, theme, point of view, genre, irony, characterization, simile, metaphor, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.

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Literary Terms Explained: A Comprehensive Guide for 6th Grade English Students

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  1. Review of Literary Terms Learned So Far Notes for 6th Grade English Mrs. Comer Wednesday, August 22, 2012

  2. exposition • the beginning of the story • characters, setting, introduction of the plot

  3. rising action • when the writer adds complications, tension, or conflict to the story • working toward the climax

  4. climax • the point of the story that has the most suspense

  5. falling action • occurs after the climax • the banking down of events leading to the end

  6. resolution • the end of the story, when all action is resolved

  7. theme • The central unifying element that ties a story together

  8. Point of view • 1st Person Voice: narrator is the main character and uses pronouns I and we • 3rdPerson Voice: narrator is not part of the story and uses pronouns he she it, they

  9. genre • Historical fiction- “Phoebe and the General” • Animal tale- “The Wounded Wolf”

  10. irony • a technique involving surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions

  11. characterization • Methods used by authors to reveal characters. May be through description, action, dialogue, or thought.

  12. simile • The similarities of two separate things are shown through comparison using the words “like” or “as”. • Example: Her eyes were as blue as the sea.

  13. metaphor • The similarities of two separate things are shown through comparison WITHOUT using the words “like” or “as”. Instead, the author says one thing IS the other thing.

  14. alliteration • repetition of the same sound • Examples: “…slipped among them silent as a shadow.” “Roko sees the shelter rock. He strains to reach it. He stumbles.”

  15. onomatopoeia • a word that imitates a natural sound • examples: yap, snaps, hiss, buzz

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