1. Sixth Grade Literary Terms

2. General literary terms
Genre – used to categorize literary text
Example: Historical Fiction
What is your example?

3. General Literary Terms
Short Story
Brief work that contains the necessary elements of literacy
Example: Romeo and Juliet, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and Aesop’s Fables
Novel – A book length of a fictional story
Example: Crash
Your example?

4. What is the difference? Short Story Short (like 2 pages)
Not as many events
Focus usually on one character
Both
Tell a story
Have a plot
Have a point of view
Have a theme
Novel
Longer
More events and in depth of a story line
Can focus on multiple characters

5. General Literary Terms
Prose
WHAT IS IT?
the way we write and speak (structure of our speech)
WHAT IS IT NOT?
The way we write and speak in poetry (the way it is structured)

6. Example: Prose Form Poetry Form
“The woods look lovely against the setting darkness and as I gaze into the mysterious depths of the forest, I feel like lingering here longer.  However, I have pending appointments to keep and much distance to cover before I settle in for the night or else I will be late for all of them.”
Poetry Form
“The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.”

7. Parts of a story Plot Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action
Suspense
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
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8. Narrator

9. Point of view

10. Characterization

11. Setting
Time of year? Time of day? Place?

12. Theme

13. Figurative Language
Imagery – The golden yellow and bright royal blue light, silky materials with holes for the skin to breath allowed the players optimal breathing during their plays.
Simile – Harry was as wise as an owl.
Metaphor – Hermione was a puzzle piece.
Personification – The magical wand was strong and smart.
Alliteration – Sally sold seashells by the sea shore.
Hyperbole – My dad snores louder than a freight train.

14. Onomatopoeia
Hissed, cracked, whoosh, swish…

15. Idiom

16. Irony

17. Oxymoron Examples: Great DepressionJ umbo shrimp Cruel to be kind
Clearly confused
Act naturally
Beautifully painful
Painfully beautiful
Deafening silence
Pretty ugly