Literary Terminology

Allusion

• repetition of consonant sound

• a hint of something to come

• a villain

• a reference to something outside of the play the reader understands

Euphemism

• The way something is meant to sound

• a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• when the wetaher is stormy because the characters have internal conflict

• saying something upsetting in a more acceptable way

Iambic pentamter

• a tone or mood created with a purpose

• using 10 syllables in a line alternating stresses

• one person saying their thoughts aloud

• a dramatic conversation

Genre

• specific type of literature

• unhealthy microbes

• reader's attitude

• human characteristics to nonhuman things

What is the name for the perspective from which a story is told?

• Point of View
• Character
• Theme
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What do we call the central message or main idea of a story?

• Topic
• Theme
• Concept
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

metaphor

• comparison of unalike things using like or as

• comparison of two unalike things saying something is something else

• a literal comparison

• None of the above

hyperbole

• generalization

• exaggeration

• direct quote

• how do you say that again?

imagery

• the ability to make up a good story

• gives readers optical illusions as they read

• detailed description using the five senses

• only getting parts of the story

allusion

• an descriptive image

• an imaginary image

• indirect reference to history, literature, culture

• something illusory/magical