Literary Terms English 10

Front

The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

Back

Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Back

Allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Front

Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

Back

Blank Verse

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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

Front

Comic episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.

Back

Comic Relief

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Front

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

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

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Front

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Back

Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Front

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Back

Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Front

A statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.

Back

Paradox

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3