Literary Terms Weeks 1 - 4

When something is described in terms of something else and is not literally true.

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Figurative Language
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

For example, "She sells sea shells down by the sea shore".

• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Figurative Language
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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• Alliteration
• Irony
• Metaphor
• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

"He could hear the footsteps of doom nearing" is an example of...

• Irony
• Poetry
• Metaphor
• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"Time is money" and "He is a shining star" are examples of a...

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Boom" and "click" are examples of a(n)...

• Simile
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of a(n)...

• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

For example, "He was a blind as a bat".

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Im

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The problem, or problems, within a story.

• Point of view
• Mood
• Theme
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

The conversation between two or more characters in a story.

• Point of view
• Dialogue
• Theme
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5