Unit 1: Literary Terms Part 1

Simile

• a comparison using like or as

• a comparison that does not use like or as

• what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• when the opposite of what is expected happens in a situation

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Metaphor

• a comparison that does NOT use like or as

• a comparison using like or as

• giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

• the reader wants to know what happens next

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Personification

• hints of what is to come in the story

• traits of a character are directly spoken in the story

• traits of a character are implied in a story

• giving human characteristics to something nonhuman

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

You are the sunshine in my day.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

My mom used a new recipe for pancakes, and they tasted like cardboard.

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The team mascot was the glue that held the team together.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Suspense

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called? 

• Allusion
• Blank Verse
• Alliteration
• Iamb

When you attribute human like characteristics to non-human characters, you are using 

• Humanification
• Personification 
• Human-Person Character Trait Change
• The smiling tree said hello. 

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

tone

• author's attitude toward the work or character

• reader's interpretation of the work or character

• character's choice of words in the story

• the setting's atmosphere

mood

• the author's attitude

• the reader's feelings

• the character's decisions

• the setting's time and place