MCAS ELA Lit terms

the repetition of an initial sound (usually consonant) ex Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

• dialect

• alliteration

• epiphany

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

reference to a well known person, place or event

• analogy

• climax

• diction

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

comparing one thing to another, "Sitting in the back row at the DCU Center reminded me of being at the top of the Empire State Building, The people were so small and distant."

• analogy

• dialogue

• symbol

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

character or force in direct contact with the main character

• character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

main character in the story

• character

• protagonist

• antagonist

• narrator

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

high point of interest, usually involves tension

• climax

• conflict

• fiction

• epiphany

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

struggle between opposing forces, internal or external

• conflict

• climax

• fiction

• epiphany

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

regional form of a language spoken by a character that helps the reader to learn more about the character

• dialect

• diction

• dialogue

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

conversation between two or more characters

• dialect

• dialogue

• diction

• fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

word choice/vocabulary used by the author

• dialogue

• dialect

• diction

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3