6th grade Literary Terms

Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other

• Alliteration
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A character or force in conflict with the main character

• protagonist
• setting
• Antagonist
• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A struggle between opposing forces. Man vs. Man, Man vs. society, Man vs. himself and Man vs. nature. The main problem. 

• resolution
• setting
• plot
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Main character in a story

• antagonist
• protagonist
• theme
• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A line of poetry

• tension
• symbol
• rhyme
• Verse

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.

• tone
• verse
• tension
• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

An exaggeration

• hyperbole
• irony
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.

• plot
• tone
• point of view (POV)
• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A comparison using "like" or "as"

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

A comparison not using like or as

• similie
• personification
• metaphor
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3