literary terms

two lines of poetry in a row that rhyme

• duo rhyme

• couplet

• consecutive lines

• iambic meter

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

an expression that combines two contradictory (opposite) words together

• dramatic irony

• tragedy

• oxymoron

• tragic flaw

when the audience knows something a character on stage does not know

• tragic flaw

• drama

• tragedy

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Noah is as fast as a jaguar on the soccer field. This is an example of.....

• simile
• allusion
• personification
• metaphor

What literary term is this an example of, " The wind was as fast as a freight train."

• personification

• simile

• oxymoron

• dramatic irony

"Jumbo Shrimp"

This is an example of what literary term?

• hyperbole

• simile

• oxymoron

• personification

Mark's desk is covered with about a million old papers and magazines.

This is an example of what literary term?

• oxymoron

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

When the first letter sound of a word repeats it is an example of a...

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

An extreme exaggeration is a ...

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

• Simile

Comparing to unlike thing using like or as is a ....

• Simile

• Metaphor

• hyperbole

• Alliteration