Literary Terms: Scary Tales

"And Grandma would say, 'Get up, get up! That ain't nice."

• analogy

• simile

• syntax

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

consists of descriptive words that appeal to one or more of the five senses

• word choice

• imagery

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

refers to the way words are put together to form phrases and sentences

• syntax

• figurative language

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

My heart is pounding like a jackhammer.

• simile

• metaphor

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A point-by-point comparison of two things that are alike in some respect; used to explain unfamiliar subjects in terms of familiar ones.

• analogy

• style

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

language that communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of the words, such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification

• style

• syntax

• figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

an exaggeration

• hyperbole

• personification

• extended metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

"It's daaaaaaark," I say. And there's a strange voice, "Where's my haaaairy toe..."

• style

• simile

• extended metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a manner of writing that involves how something is said rather than what is said

• syntax

• figurative language

• style

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.5