Literary Terms English 10
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English
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10th Grade
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Hard
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Melissa Barry
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Back
Alliteration
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
Back
Allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.
Back
Aside
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.
Back
Blank Verse
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.
Back
Comic Relief
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Back
Hyperbole
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.5A
7.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.
Back
Iambic Pentameter
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.13
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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