Literary Terms Preassessment

Author directly describes character

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Reason for writing

• purpose

• critique

• hyperbole

• audience

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Statement of the essay's main idea

• thesis

• simile

• theme

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• theme

• mood

• irony

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A struggle that occurs within an individual

• situational irony

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as".

• situational irony

• coherence

• connotation

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A comparison using "like" or "as".

• simile

• thesis

• theme

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• personification

• organization

• alliteration

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The way in which a piece of writing is structured.

• organization

• transitions

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay.

• coherence

• connotation

• audience

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3