Literary Terms

the repetition of a sound at the end of multiple words that are at the end of multiple lines of poetry

• assonance
• alliteration
• consonance
• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words

• assonance
• alliteration
• consonance
• rhyme

the repetition of a vowel sound or letter in the middle or end of multiple words

• assonance
• alliteration
• consonance
• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

the repetition of a consonant sound or letter in the middle or end of multiple words

• assonance
• alliteration
• consonance
• rhyme

a play on words (words with double meaning where both meanings apply)

• metaphor
• simile
• pun
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a comparison between two seemingly unlike things without using like or as (met her before didn't like her as)

• metaphor
• simile
• pun
• personification

giving human characteristics to non-human things

• metaphor
• simile
• pun
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

comparing two seemingly unlike things using like or as (smile because you like or as)

• metaphor
• simile
• pun
• personification

when the same sound, word, or phrase is stated multiple times

• onomatopeia
• hyperbole
• understatement
• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

exaggeration for effect

• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• understatement
• repetition

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