Literary Analysis Essential Vocabulary

repetition of initial consonant sounds

• alliteration
• allusion
• poetry
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

reference to a well-known person, place, event or literary work of art

• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote
• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

brief story about an interesting, amusing or strange event

• alliteration
• anecdote
• allusion
• fable

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

person or animal who takes part in an action of a literary work

• character
• hero
• narrator
• biography

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

this character shows varied and sometimes contradictory traits

• round character
• flat character
• stereotype
• dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

this character reveals only one character trait

• round character
• flat character
• stereotype
• dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.8.2D

a flat character who is a repeated type with a collection of traits supposedly shared by all members of a group

• round character
• flat character
• stereotype
• static character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a character that changes his personality traits during a story

• round character
• static character
• dynamic character
• flat character

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a character that remains primarily the same throughout the story

• static character
• dynamic character
• stereotype
• round character

act of creating and developing a character

• characterization
• conflict
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3