English I Vocabulary

____ is the lesson or moral of a story.

• Tragedy

• Theme

• Allusion

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Themes are bigger than the characters in the story. They can be applied to...

• ...my own life.

• ...adhesive tape.

• ...symbolism.

• ...villains only.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

____ is a reference to a person, event, piece of literature or art.

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Soliloquy

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

____ is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (jumbo shrimp, etc.).

• Imagery

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

_____ is a play on words. For example, "Pass me the shellfish," said Tom crabbily.

• Oxymoron

• Pun

• Aside

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

____ is visually descriptive language.

• Soliloquy

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

____ is a genre of literature in which the main characters often die.

• Soliloquy

• Tragedy

• Imagery

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

A ____ makes a comparison using "like" or "as."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A ____ makes a comparison between two things without using "like" or "as."

• Tragedy

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A ___ is a speech an actor gives as though talking to themselves. The actor is the only person on the stage.

• Theme

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Pun

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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