Literary Terms Review Aug. 2022

expression that is clear only to those familiar with its language of origin; cannot be understood by its literal meaning

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

exaggeration for effect

• idiom

• hyperbole

• symbol

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

type or category of a literary work

• connotation

• genre

• theme

• Milk Duds

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

repetition of beginning consonant sounds

• alliteration

• assonance

• connotation

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

use of a word that sounds like what it means (buzz, boom)

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• style

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

central character

• antagonist

• protagonist

• irony

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the use of identical or similar sounding words to create an alternate meaning

• irony

• symbol

• pun

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

describing an inanimate object as if it were human

• setting

• climax

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a thing, person, or place that represents a larger meaning

• genre

• euphemism

• cliché

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

direct and indirect ways the author lets us know what type of person the character is

• pun

• analogy

• cliché

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A