Literary Terms

1) a word or phrase that refers to an idea rather than a concrete object or thing
2) In research writing, a short summary of your completed research.

• Abstract
• Acronyms
• Anecdote
• Bias

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

abbreviations formed from the initial components in a phrase or name.

• Analogy
• Complications
• Acronyms
• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, etc.

• Protagonist
• Allusion
• Anonymous
• Context clues

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

the repetition of beginning sounds of words

• Connotation
• Assonance
• Acronyms
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

a comparison used to explain an idea

• Complications
• Anecdote
• Author’s purpose
• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident

• Allusion
• Biography
• Anecdote
• Abstract

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

without any name acknowledged, as that of author, contributor, or the like

• Anonymous
• Character
• Protagonist
• Autobiography

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the repetition of vowel sounds within words

• Connotation
• Assonance
• Contrast
• Antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

a reader or viewer of a work

• Audience
• Major character
• Characterization
• Bias

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

a person who writes a novel, poem, essay, etc.

• Direct characterization
• Static character
• Compare (verb)
• Author 

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D