American Lit Terms

Repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Dialect

• Rhyming

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Opposes the main character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Characterization

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Story of a person's life written by that person

• Biography

• Denouement

• Autobiography

• Epic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

An overused expression

• Cliche

• Climax

• Style

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Highest turning point in the story

• Exposition

• Climax

• Cliche

• Denouement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Final outcome of a story

• Climax

• Exposition

• Action

• Denouement

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Written conversation

• Dialect

• Dialogue

• Speaking

• Quotations

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Hints that predict what will come next

• Flashback

• Foreshadow

• Irony

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The opposite of what you think would happen

• Irony

• Imagery

• Local Color

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When something has human qualities

• Personification

• Protagonist

• Suspense

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3