7th Grade Literary Terms

Two words placed together with opposite meanings. "Love can be a deadly game." "I ordered jumbo shrimp for dinner." "Please climb down from the jungle gym."

• allusion

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• idiom

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A well-known expression that doesn't mean what it says literally.

"I'm really tired so let's call it a day." That sale advertised on TV is a total rip-off." "If you get bored why don't you crack a book?"

• onomotopoeia

• antonym

• opinion

• idiom

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Giving human characteristics to non-living objects. "The breeze is whispering outside." "The angry sea pushed and pulled the small boat." "The windows of the haunted house were watching us."

• personification

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A direct comparison between two unlike things. "The gym is my church." Her grades are her ticket to Sumner." "Jerry's face is a mask of pain."

• simile

• metaphor

• synonym

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A story that is made up; not real. "The Hunger Games." "The Walking Dead".

"Transformers". "Star Wars".

• fiction

• non-fiction

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

The narrator of a story in NOT in the story. Uses characters names and "he", "she", "they", etc.

• first-person narration

• second-person narration

• third-person narration

• fourth-person narration

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Words that mean the same thing, such as big and large , terrible and awful, and

smart and intelligent.

• simile

• facts

• synonym

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The narrator is a character in the story. Uses "I", "me", "us", "my", etc.

• first-person narration

• second-person narration

• third-person narration

• fourth-person narration

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Words that mean the opposite, such as right and left, up and down, dark and light.

• synonym

• opinion

• essay

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What you think or feel about something. Examples: "I love my mother." "I hate the snow." "My favorite food is pizza."

• fact

• opinion

• hyperbole

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6