Review - Literary Terms (9th and 10th)

the most important part of any essay; found in the last sentence of the introductory paragraph

• theme

• central idea

• motif

• thesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

A recurring image, idea, and/or symbol that develops or explains the theme

• symbolism

• motif

• theme

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

a group of lines within a poem

• stanza

• paragraph

• essay

• constructed response

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

giving an inanimate objects human-like qualities

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

why an author writes (persuade, inform, entertain)

• perspective

• author's purpose

• point of view

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

a comparison between two unlike things using "as", "like", and/or "than"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

when a fiction story/poem can have a hidden meaning - typically, a moral or political meaning - that goes beyond the plot

• allusion

• anaphora

• analogy

• allegory

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

a short story that is used to introduce a topic

• anecdote

• alliteration

• assonance

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

the basic unit of measurement of a poem

• stanza

• line

• feet/foot

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

how the story is told

• perspective

• characterization

• narrator

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6