Literary terms (Janiah and Hailey)

A word free from limitation or qualifications

• Absolute

• Antecedent

• Archetype

• Adage

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A familiar proverb or wise saying

• Allegory

• Argument

• Adage

• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

an argument attacking an individuals character rather than his/her postion on an issue

• Colloquialism

• Ad Hominem argument

• Conceit

• Adage

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

A literary work in which characters,objects,or actions represent abstractions

• Allegory

• Bathos

• Allusion

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

the repetition of initial sounds in sucessive or neighboring words

• Climax

• Chiasmus

• Aphorism

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A reference to something literary, mythological, or historical that the author assumes the reader will recognize

• Cliche

• Absolute

• Allusion

• Bathos

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way

• Allusion

• Analogy

• Anecdote

• Colloquialism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences

• Allegory

• Absolute

• Anaphora

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A brief narrative that focuses on a particular incident or event

• Anaphora

• Anecdote

• Asyndeton

• Balance sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The word, phrase,or clause to which a pronoun refers

• Bathos

• Climax

• Antecedent

• Archetype

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D