Junior - Senior Lit Terms

What is a simile?

• Comparison between like things using linking verbs.

• Comparison between like things using the words like or as.

• Comparison that spans multiple lines.

• Comparison that includes homophones.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is a metaphor?

• Comparison of like things using a linking verb.

• Comparison of like things using the words like or as.

• Comparison that spans multiple lines.

• Comparison that uses only homophones.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is alliteration?

• Repetition of vowel sounds.

• Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• Repetition of the words like or as.

• Repetition of linking verbs.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is personification?

• Comparing inanimate objects.

• Contrasting inanimate objects.

• Giving humans object-like characteristics.

• Giving inanimate objects human-like characteristics.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is a hyperbole?

• An extreme temperature, like in ND.

• An understatement of gross size.

• An extreme or gross exaggeration.

• An underdetailed description of size.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is an idiom?

• A phrase that cannot be translated word for word nor literally.

• A strange thing we say.

• An interpreted version of a phrase.

• A phrase that cannot be said without laughing.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is imagery?

• Writing that exaggerates.

• Writing that contains metaphors over multiple lines.

• Writing that appeals to the five senses.

• Writing that paints a mental picture for the reader.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.W.11-12.3D

What is an onomatopoeia?

• A word that expresses strong emotion.

• A word that mimics the sound being made.

• A word that shouldn't be said on school grounds.

• A word that expresses internal conflict.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is assonance?

• Repetition of vowel sounds.

• Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

• Repetition of metaphors throughout a work.

• Repetition of linking verbs.

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

Voice, in literary works, is . . .

• the form through which a writer's tone takes.

• the form through which a writer's mood takes.

• the form through which narrators tell their story.