PSSA Literary Terms

An exaggeration and overstatement

• idiom

• plot

• hyperbole

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

A conversation between speakers or characters in a literary work

• genre

• thesis

• main idea

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words

• allusion

• alliteration

• thesis

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

When something non-human is given human qualities

• alliteration

• personification

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

Viewpoint of a character speaking directly about themselves (using "I" or "me" instead of "them" or "they")

• third person

• genre

• first person

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings

• metaphor

• similie

• homophone

• homograph

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Words that sound the same, but are spelled differently

• metaphor

• similie

• homophone

• homograph

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning.

• hyperbole

• idiom

• irony

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The time and place the story occurs.

• setting

• plot

• resolution

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

The part of the story following the climax in which the conflict is resolved.

• setting

• conflict

• resolution

• ending

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4