Literature Terms

1. a subdivision of an act that changes for a new time or location; ends when characters leave the stage

• a. scene
• b. idiom
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.3.4D

2. the repetition of the same initial consonant sound among words

• a. scene
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

3. what happens is the opposite of what we expect would happen

• a. scene
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

4. a grouped set of lines in a poem set apart with a line of space

• a. scene
• c. situational irony
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

5. a group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning

• a. scene
• b. idiom
• d. stanza
• e. alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

6. phrases or lines of a poem that are repeated

• f. direct characterization
• h. imagery
• i. refrain
• j. suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

7. words whose final syllables have the exact same sound

• f. direct characterization
• g. complete rhymes
• h. imagery
• j. suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

8. the author tells you explicitly what a character is like

• f. direct characterization
• g. complete rhymes
• h. imagery
• i. refrain

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

9. vivid writing that appeals to the senses

• f. direct characterization
• h. imagery
• i. refrain
• j. suspense

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

10. the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story

• f. direct characterization
• h. imagery
• i. refrain
• j. suspense

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5