Author's Craft Vocab Review Pt. 1

What is the overall message that the author wants the reader to learn called?

• Monologue

• Theme

• Stereotype

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

This is a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation. One item is compared to something significantly different.

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Situational Irony

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

This is a reference to someone or something commonly known in literature, history, religion, or pop-culture.

• Metaphor

• Allusion

• Flashback

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

When an object is used to represent an abstract idea.

• Symbolism

• Flashback

• Personification

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

When something happens and the person within the situation is unaware of the true reality of the situation.

• Internal Character Traits

• Flashback

• Dramatic Irony

• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The use of words and phrases as hints that give the reader a clue of something that is going to happen without revealing or spoiling the story.

• Hyperbole

• Inner Thinking

• Repetition

• Foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the author uses very descriptive language to evoke one of the five senses.

• Imagery

• Symbolism

• Personification

• Characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Terms that describe a characters physical appearance.

• Situational Irony

• Assonance

• External Character Traits

• Inner Thinking

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

When an author repeats the same word or phrase a few times to make an idea clearer or more memorable.

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Alliteration

• Inner Thinking

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The repetition of the sound of a vowel inside nearby words.

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Assonance

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4