Poe Lit Terms

The same letter or sound at the BEGINNING of the word.

• alliteration

• assonance

• internal rhyme

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of which literary term?

• alliteration

• assonance

• personification

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The same VOWEL sounds in the middle of words that are close together.

• alliteration

• assonance

• internal rhyme

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

When a word in the middle of the sentence rhymes with a word at the end of the sentence.

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Assonance

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December" is an example of which literary term?

• Internal Rhyme

• End Rhyme

• Onomatopoeia

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A word which imitates a sound.

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• alliteration

• mood

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Words like "achoo! pow! whoosh! splat!" are examples of which literary term?

• onomatopoeia

• assonance

• alliteration

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

TYPES OF IRONY: When the audience knows something the character doesn't.

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

TYPES OF IRONY: When we say one thing but mean another. (sarcasm)

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

The emotions the reader feels while reading.

• irony

• mood

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B