Literary terms (ESSENTIALS) - G11

A comparison using "like" or "as" (e.g., as brave as a lion).

• Rising action
• Simile
• Protagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A direct comparison where you say one thing IS another (My sister is a pig).

• Imagery
• Metaphor
• Internal conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Giving human characteristics to non-human things (e.g., the wind whispered through the trees).

• Connotation
• Personification
• Climax

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words (e.g., Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers).

• Connotation
• Denotation
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally (e.g., I've told you a million times).

• Allusion
• Exposition
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

A contrast between expectation and reality.

• Allusion
• Fable
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell)

• Imagery
• Metaphor
• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The time and place in which a story occurs.

• Climax
• Hyperbole
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Someone in a story.

• Round character
• Character
• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A character with a detailed and 'real' personality.

• Round character
• Dramatic Irony
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A