English Literary Terms

a type or category of literature

• genre

• simile

• metaphor

• paragraph

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a comparison of two unlike objects, using the words like or as

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

a literary device that gives inanimate objects human characteristics

• metaphor

• paragraph

• personification

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing the facts

• symbol

• nonfiction

• theme

• point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

a comparison of two unlike objects without using like or as

• exposition

• climax

• similie

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

an object, person, place, or experience that stands for something else

• exposition

• metaphor

• symbol

• sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

the main idea in a poem, novel, or play

• conflict

• climax

• theme

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

the vantage point from which a story is told

• personification

• point of view

• resolution

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

a group of words that form a complete thought

• sentence

• metaphor

• rising action

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a series of sentences relating to and developing one main idea

• symbol

• climax

• paragraph

• theme

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.L.6.6