Language terms

metaphor

• a reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize

• repetition of initial consonant sounds

• implied comparison NOT using the words "like" or "as"

• a pause separating phrases within lines of poetry--an important part of poetic rhythm

A run-on line of poetry in which logical and grammatical sense carries over from one line into the next

• archetype

• metaphor

• motif

• enjambment

archetype

• A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth

• the repetition of a grammatical structure

• a defect in the tragic hero that causes his downfall

• the physical arrangement of words in a sentence

What does an author use to create imagery?

• facts and opinions

• main ideas

• five senses

• exaggerated text

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3D

When an author gives human characteristics to non-human objects, this is an example of:

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

Words that represent sounds are known as:

• imagery

• hyperbole

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

When the author uses exaggerated text, this is an example of:

• alliteration

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is an Alliteration?

• a beat and/or pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. Example: da da dadada da da dadada

• Words that sound like the object or action they refer to. Example: Pow, Bang, Zap, Pop

• repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words. Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

• tone

• mood

• meiosis

• diction

consonance

• a harsh, unpleasant combination of sounds or tones

• the repetition in two or more words of final consonants in stressed syllables. (e.g., hid head)

• specific word choice

• the repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants in two or more stressed syllables (e.g., weak and weary)