Literary Terms and Concepts

what a piece of writing is MOSTLY ABOUT

gives the MAIN IDEA and IMPORTANT DETAILS of a passage

more generally state TOPIC concerning a passage's MAIN IDEA

a CLASSIFICATION of LITERATURE, such as fiction, drama, poetry

a type of literature that tells a MADE-UP story

a type of lit. that tells about REAL-LIFE people, places, events, & things

A PLAY written to be performed by actors

a folktale about GODS and GODDESSES

an AMERICAN HERO folktale full of extreme exaggerations

a folktale, usually with TALKING ANIMALS, that always has a moral to it