Vocabulary

Visually descriptive language especially in a literary work

• simile

• imagery

• metaphor

• Yukon trail

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

A device in literature where an object represents an idea is ....

• contentedly

• simile

• symbolism

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

A narrative device, often used at the beginning of a work that provides necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances.

• exposition

• juxtaposition

• onomatopoeia

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.W.8.3A

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• fallling action

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

A word that imitates the sound it represents.

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An event in a story that introduces the central conflict

• exposition

• imagery

• mood

• inciting incident

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

• mood

• personification

• tone

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

The repetition of initial consonant sounds (example: Peter Piper picked a pepper)

• imagery

• simile

• tone

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

• tone

• figurative language

• juxtaposition

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

• mood

• Yukon Trail

• personification

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4