Literary Terms

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Extreme exaggeration (Ex. My backpack weighs a ton.)

Back

hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Clues or hints about future events to happen (Ex. The dark clouds hinted at a storm.)

Back

foreshadowing

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Front

Comparison of unlike things that uses 'like', 'as', or 'than' (Ex. This room is like an oven.)

Back

simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

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Uses 'I' and is usually the main character in the story

Back

1st person point of view

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Front

People, animals, or creatures in a story or drama

Back

characters

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Front

A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things (Ex. The wind whispered through the trees.)

Back

personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

A comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' (Ex. Time is a thief.)

Back

metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

An expression that has a meaning different from the literal meaning of its words (Ex. It's raining cats and dogs.)

Back

idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Front

The background information provided at the beginning of a story (Ex. The setting and characters are introduced.)

Back

exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Front

The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work (Ex. The theme of love in Romeo and Juliet.)

Back

theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D