Literary Analysis Essential Vocabulary

repetition of initial consonant sounds

• alliteration
• allusion
• poetry
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

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

• alliteration
• allusion
• anecdote
• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

brief story about an interesting, amusing or strange event

• alliteration
• anecdote
• allusion
• fable

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3A

CCSS.W.5.3B

CCSS.W.5.3D

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

• character
• hero
• narrator
• biography

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3A

this character shows varied and sometimes contradictory traits

• round character
• flat character
• stereotype
• dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.9B

this character reveals only one character trait

• round character
• flat character
• stereotype
• dynamic character

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

a character that changes his personality traits during a story

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.W.5.9B

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.W.5.3A

CCSS.W.5.3B