Literary Terminology

Allusion

• repetition of consonant sound

• a hint of something to come

• a villain

• a reference to something outside of the play the reader understands

Euphemism

• The way something is meant to sound

• a comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• when the wetaher is stormy because the characters have internal conflict

• saying something upsetting in a more acceptable way

Iambic pentamter

• a tone or mood created with a purpose

• using 10 syllables in a line alternating stresses

• one person saying their thoughts aloud

• a dramatic conversation

Genre

• specific type of literature

• unhealthy microbes

• reader's attitude

• human characteristics to nonhuman things

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

What is the name for the perspective from which a story is told?

• Point of View
• Character
• Theme
• Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What do we call the central message or main idea of a story?

• Topic
• Theme
• Concept
• Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

metaphor

• comparison of unalike things using like or as

• comparison of two unalike things saying something is something else

• a literal comparison

• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

hyperbole

• generalization

• exaggeration

• direct quote

• how do you say that again?

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

imagery

• the ability to make up a good story

• gives readers optical illusions as they read

• detailed description using the five senses

• only getting parts of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

allusion

• an descriptive image

• an imaginary image

• indirect reference to history, literature, culture

• something illusory/magical

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4