Oedipus - Literary Terms

the technique of giving hints or clues that suggest or prepare for events that occur later in a work

• foreshadowing

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• alliteration

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 unlike things not using "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• epithet

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

using a word, phrase, or idea over and over to demonstrate its importance

• repetition

• simile

• metaphor

• epithet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the contrast between what is said and what is meant

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• epithet

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a brief phrase that points out traits associated with a particular person or thing

• epithet

• metaphor

• flashback

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

when human characteristics and qualities are given to animals, plants, inanimate objects, natural forces, or abstract ideas

• simile

• epithet

• personification

• flashback

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 that is sustained for several lines or that becomes a controlling idea in a work

• alliteration

• flashback

• extended metaphor

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

• alliteration

• epithet

• personification

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

in the middle of things

• in media res

• imagery

• in medium storia

• in poema media

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9