Literary Terms

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Hyperbole

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An extreme exaggeration to add meaning

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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Theme in literature

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the underlying main idea or universal message of a literary work

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

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Setting

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the time and place of a literary work

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

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Tone

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how the author feels about what he/she is writing about

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

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Speaker

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voice in a poem; the person or thing that is speaking

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

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rhyme scheme

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pattern of thyme among lines of poetry

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CCSS.RL.7.4

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Alliteration

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the repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Consonance

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when the middle sounds of words repeat

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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Personification

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figure of speech in which non-human things are given human characteristics

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CCSS.L.6.5A

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Imagery

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language that appeals to the five senses

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5