Literary Terms 24-25

An unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text

(ex. I wish I could click my heels together: The Wizard of Oz.)

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Dialect

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader.

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Dialect

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A contrast or discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen.

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Dialect

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A form of the language that is spoken in a particular part of the country or by a particular group of people.

(ex. The pleh with the boy who flies."

• Irony

• Foreshadowing

• Dialect

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Repeating the beginning sound in 2 or more neighboring words. (Peter Piper Picked a Pepper)

• anectode

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.

• anectode

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The author TELLS information about the character.

(The boy is sad.)

• anectode

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• alliteration

The author SHOWS information about the character.

(A slight frown appeared on the boy's face as he tried to forget the events of that night.)

• anectode

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.W.6.3B

universal idea, lesson, or message explored throughout a work of literature

• theme

• motif

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• theme

• motif

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D