Literary Terms Review

When an author repeats a word or phrase over and over again for emphasis

• anaphora
• theme
• motif
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The author's or speaker's attitude toward the subject matter

• mood
• tone
• theme
• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The emotional feeling or "shade" associated with a word

• diction
• denotation
• connotation
• lexicon

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

The author's word choice

• diction
• denotation
• connotation
• lexicon

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

When something is used to represent something else or something deeper

• metaphor
• simile
• anaphora
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Figurative language in which two or more unlike things are compared without the words "like or as"

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

A type of figurative language in which two or more unlike things are compared using the words "like or as"

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A type of figurative language in which humanlike qualities are assigned to an inanimate object...

• simile
• personification
• metaphor
• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The author's word choice

• diction
• denotation
• connotation
• lexicon

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

The sequence of events in a story

• theme
• rising action
• plot
• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5