Week 9 literary terms

A legend that embodies the beliefs of people and offers some explanation for natural and social phenomena.

• Motif
• Mood
• Monologue
• Myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

A theme or pattern that recurs in a work.

• monologue
• onomatopeia
• mood
• motif

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A long speech by one character in a play or story.

• onomatopoeia
• myth
• motif
• monologue

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The use of words that sound like what they mean such as “buzz.”

• motif
• onomatopoeia 
• monologue
• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The emotional atmosphere of a given piece of writing.

• Mood
• monologue
• motif
• myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in the lines of a poem.

• meter
• lyric
• figurative language
• situational irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

“He’s a rock” or “I am an island.”

• metaphor
• simile
• figurative
• literal

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

A type of poetry that expresses the poet’s personal and emotional feelings.

• monologue
• meter
• lyric
• figurative

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When someone says the opposite of what they mean

• situational irony
• verbal irony
• dramatic irony
• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

When something opposite of what you expect happens

• verbal irony
• situational irony
• dramatic irony
• literal language

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3