Literary Terms

the repetition of initial consonant sounds

• Imagery

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event to make a point

• Hyperbole

• Anecdote

• Atmosphere

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a character or a force in conflict with a main character

• Protagonist

• Flat Character

• Antagonist

• Dynamic Character

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

• Atmosphere or mood

• Tone

• Author's Argument

• Point of View

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Imagery

• Character

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the act of creating and developing a character

• Charatcer

• Characterization

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a struggle between opposing forces

• Climax

• Conclusion

• Conflcit

• Connotations

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a conversation between characters

• Dialogue

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

the part of the work that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation

• Climax

• Conflict

• Theme

• Exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past

• Foreshadowing

• Personification

• Exposition

• Flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5