Brit. Lit. Academic Vocabulary

A quotation, paraphrase, or summary from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.

• allusion
• citation
• mood
• pun

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Using a mild or gentle phrase instead of a blunt, embarrassing, or painful one. 

• euphemism
• metaphor
• foreshadowing
• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A composition in prose or verse presenting, in pantomime and dialogue, a narrative involving conflict between a character or characters and some external or internal force.

• drama
• oxymoron
• persona
• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The central idea or insight of a work of literature.

• mood
• metaphor
• theme
• drama

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A Fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has one of several rhyme schemes.

• sonnet
• allusion
• prologue
• tragic hero

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

A monologue spoken by an actor at a point in the play when the character believes himself to be alone. The technique frequently reveals a character's innermost thoughts, including his feelings, state of mind, motives or intentions. 

• foreshadowing
• characterization
• soliloquy
• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The action in the story before the climax.

• sonnet
• rising action
• theme
• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

A play on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings.

• pun
• rising action
• alliteration
• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A section of any introductory material before the first chapter or the main material of a prose work, or any such material before the first stanza of a poetic work.

• pun
• tragic hero
• drama
• prologue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were.

• aside
• paradox
• tragedy
• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D