Literary Analysis Vocabulary

speaker or character who tells a story

• narrator

• personification

• reader

• character

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the use of words that imitate sounds such as crash, buzz, screech

• sound effects

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia 

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

• personification

• animalistic

• fable

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

figure of speech that makes a direct comparison between two unlike objects using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• simplification

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the voice of a poem - sometimes that of the poet, sometimes that of a fictional person or even a thing.  The speaker's words communicate a particular tone or attitude toward the subject of the poem

• speaker

• character

• narrator

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

an author's use of images and symbols to represent other ideas or realities

• hyperbole

• imagination

• symbolism

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What should you use to support your claim?

• quotes from famous speeches

• a general explanation of the plot

• the author's exact words

• your opinion about the text

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A theme in literature is...

• summary of a story.

• guide for people's lives.

• message about life or human nature.

• attitude set by word choice.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

This is the part of the introduction that grabs the readers attention.

• reasons

• hook

• conflict

• claim

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

The theme of a story is ...

• the problem the character is facing.

• the location of the story.

• how the main character solves his problem.

• the lesson or big idea the author is trying to teach about.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9