Literary Terms Pages 3 - 4

The main idea; the general message about life or nature is the ___.

• mood

• tone

• theme

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

An exaggeration for the sake of emphasis is called ___.

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The repetition of the same initial (beginning) sounds in a sequence of neighboring words is __.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• symbolism

• irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

____ is when the author gives human characteristics to non-human objects.

• Symbolism

• Oxymoron

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The opposite of what you expect to happen is __.

• imagery

• irony

• foreshadowing

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

A comparison between two different things using the words LIKE or AS is called a ___.

• metaphor

• flashback

• theme

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The person through whose eyes the reader sees the action of the story is the __.

• point of view

• tone

• mood

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

___ is the use of two contradictory (opposite) terms together.

• Hyperbole

• Oxymoron

• Imagery

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

___ is a comparison between two things saying that one thing IS something else.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Mood

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

Something that stands for something else is ___.

• imagery

• alliteration

• symbolism

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5