Keystone Literary Terms

A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vices or weakness

• satire

• diction

• allegory

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words

• simile

• alliteration

• connotation

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

distinguish, tell apart, and recognize differences between two or more items

• dialect

• dialogue

• differentiate

• drama

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

a written account of another person's life

• characterization

• drama

• fiction

• biography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

one or more letters occurring as a bound form attached to the beginning, end, or base of a word and serving to produce a derivative word (prefix or suffix)

• bias

• fact

• affix

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

a form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. Can have moral, social, religious, or political significance.

• satire

• narrative

• fiction

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

an implied or indirect reference in literature to a familiar person, place, or event

• allusion

• climax

• conflict

• satire

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the process or result of identifying the parts of a whole and their relationships to one another

• bias

• literary device

• analysis

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a word that is the opposite in meaning to another word

• antonym

• synonym

• tone

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the position or claim the author establishes

• author's purpose

• generalization

• point of view

• argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8