Literary Terms to Know

Match the following types of irony

• verbal

• reader is led to believe one thing will happen, but the opposite does

• situational

• when the reader knows something the character doesn't

• dramatic

• actual meaning of words is different from what they appear to express; can be sarcasm

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Match the following characters

• static/flat

• opposition of the main character

• nemesis

• main character

• protagonist

• a character that remains the same throughout the story

• dynamic/round

• bitter enemy of the main character

• antagonist

• a character that goes through change or growth

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

comparison of 2 things for explanation or clarification purposes; relationship

• connotation

• dystopia

• analogy

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

a word with an additional/secondary meaning; emotion/feeling associated

• connoation

• dystopia

• analogy

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

where the author refers to a different subject outside the story

• connotation

• dystopia

• allusion

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

setting where everything is unpleasant or bad

• connotation

• dystopia

• allusion

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

reader's emotional perspective of the work

• tone

• mood

• pun

• archetype

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

perspective or attitude the author has toward the topic

• tone

• mood

• pun

• archetype

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

universally understood prototype (stereotype)

• tone

• mood

• pun

• archetype

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

play on words, different senses of the same word or similar sense or sound of different words

• tone

• mood

• pun

• archetype

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A