11th grade literary terms - 1st MP cornerstone

A style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.

• diction

• personification

• irony

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.W.6.2D

A language used by the people of a specific area, class, district, or any other group of people.

• diction

• metaphor

• dialogue

• dialect

A type of art, literature, or music characterized by a specific form, context and style.

• diction

• theme

• genre

• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.9

The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, meaning or meter.

• characterization

• aphorism

• allusion

• parallelism

A pattern of rhyme that comes at the end of each verse or line in poetry. For example, ABCB (where the 2nd and 4th lines rhyme.)

• narrative

• rhyme scheme

• universal character

• rhythm

A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly, but which may include a latent truth.

• dialogue

• symbol

• paradox

• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

A statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner; the term is often applied to a philosophical, moral, and/ or literary principle.

• paradox

• parallelism

• metaphor

• aphorism

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RL.6.4

A literary device that demonstrates the long and short patterns through stressed and unstressed syllables, particularly in verse.

• characterization

• rhythm

• foreshadowing

• dialogue

A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.

• diction

• personification

• irony

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

A literary technique in which writers employ two or more characters to be engaged in conversation with one another.

• characterization

• foreshadowing

• dialogue

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.W.6.3B