Literary Terms

the use of two or more words that begin with the same letter or sound in a sentence

• alliteration

• repetition

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the use of exaggeration to place emphasis on something important on or to make something more interesting

• metaphor

• symbol

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

words that are meant to sound like or resemble what they describe literally

• repetition

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

saying the same words or phrases over and over again for emphasis

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the use of two words that have the opposite meaning in one phrase or that contradict each other

• oxymoron

• simile

• hyperbole

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

a word or image used to represent something else

• symbol

• oxymoron

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

points out the similarities between two things using the words "like" or "as"

• alliteration

• simile

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

when something not human - like an object or an animal - is given human characteristics and behaviors

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

a comparison of two things by saying that one thing is another

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

when a writer gives clues to the reader about what will happen later

• foreshadowing

• symbol

• alliteration

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5