Literary Terms Review

Indirect Characterization

• hints of what is to come in the story

• the reader wants to know what happens next

• traits of the character are directly spoken in a story

• traits of a character are implied in a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Direct Characterization

• what is said in the story is the opposite of what is meant

• giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• traits of a character are directly spoken in a story

• traits of a character are implied in a story

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Simile

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison that does not use like or as

• what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• when the opposite of what is expected happens in a situation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Metaphor

• a comparison that does NOT use like or as

• a comparison using like or as

• giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• the reader wants to know what happens next

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification

• hints of what is to come in the story

• traits of a character are directly spoken in the story

• traits of a character are implied in a story

• giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Situational Irony

• hints of what is to come in the story

• what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• when the opposite of what is expected happens in a situation

• the reader wants to know what happens next

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Verbal Irony

• the reader wants to know what happens next

• what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• when the opposite of what is expected happens in a situation

• giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Suspense

• the reader wants to know what will happen next

• a comparison using like or as

• hints of what is to come in a story

• what is said is the opposite of what is meant

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Foreshadowing

• what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• hints of what is to come in a story

• the reader wants to know what willl happen next

• giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

I could tell that the character was extremely irritated by the way the author described his facial expressions.

• Direct Characterization

• Suspense

• Indirect Characterization

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D