Literary Terms List 1 - English 2 CP

The repeated sound of the first consonant in a series of multiple words

• Allusion

• Simile

• Diction

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

A brief reference to some person, historical event, work of art, or Biblical or mythological situation or character.

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Paradox

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An author’s word choice

• Alliteration

• Diction

• Tone

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

An outrageous exaggeration used for effect.

• Personification

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

the use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental images, not only of the visual sense, but of sensation and emotion as well.

• Alliteration

• Mood

• Imagery

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A direct comparison between two unlike things, stating that one is the other or does the action of the other

• Simile

• Symbol

• Theme

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The feeling created in the reader by a literary work.

• Tone

• Mood

• Diction

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

A direct comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.”

• Setting

• Diction

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3