critical vocabulary

anecdote

• A formal speech given at a ceremony.
• A type of statistical analysis.
• A lengthy novel about fictional characters.
• a breif account of an intresting event

  ;intended to make a point or entertain

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

tone

• Rhythm
• Volume
• Tone
• writers attitude toward a subject or situation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

hyperbole

• Exaggeration for serious or comic effect

• A literary device for clarity.
• A form of understatement.
• A type of metaphor.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

allusion

• A type of poetic meter.
• A synonym for metaphor.
• A reference to literature, history, mythology, bible etc.

• A style of painting.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

metaphor

• A type of poem that uses rhyme and meter.
• comparison without using like or as typically uses of

• A literal description of an object or idea.
• A comparison using 'like' or 'as' to show similarity.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

personification

• giving human characteristics to something none hukan

• an exaggeration of something

• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words

• assonance
• onomatopoeia
• consonance
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

mot critical moment in the course of a story/ turning point

• climax
• exposition
• resolution
• introduction

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

• atmosphere
• mood
• theme
• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

oxymoron

• A rhetorical question that seeks affirmation.
• A literary device that emphasizes clarity.
• A type of metaphor that uses similar terms.
• A figure of speech that combines opposite terms.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A