Unit 2 Literary Terms

is a poetic device which addresses someone or something absent or silent, as if it were present and alive: eg. “Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are”

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Apostrophe

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience based on things such as word choice.

• Tone

• Mood

• Simile

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the overall feeling (e.g., light and happy or dark and brooding) created by an author’s choice of words

• Personification

• Tone

• Mood

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

words that appeal to the reader’s senses and enables us to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch what the writer is describing

• Simile

• Personification

• Symbolism

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

something concrete, such as a person, object, image, word, or event that represents something abstract, such as a feeling, emotion, idea or concept; e.g. the color red can symbolize love or anger, or the color black can symbolize danger or death, etc.

• Symbolsim

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.

• Apostrophe

• Allusion

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a literary device in which human qualities or actions are attributed to non-human beings or objects, e.g., “The clouds danced across the sky”

• Imagery

• Allusion

• Personification

• Apostrophe

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

an exaggerated statement for humorous or dramatic effect; e.g., “It rained cats and dogs”, or “I’ve told you a million times”

• Hyperbole

• Personfication

• Simile

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

a comparison between two unlike things using like or as; e.g., “My love is like a red, red rose.”

• Symbolism

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, without using the words like or as; e.g., “You are a dog.”

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Tone

• Mood

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D