Literary Terms - Part 2

A character that DOES change in a deep, significant, internal manner over the course of a story.

• Static character

• Dramatic character

• Dynamic character

• Serious character

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The deeper insight into human nature that readers should get from a story. (Remember the "Iceberg" illustration)

• Imagery

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Using descriptive details to paint pictures in the minds of readers using words.

• Simile

• Imagery

• Parellelism

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Repeating a consonant sound (NOT a, e, i, o, or u) in several nearby words to deepen a reader's understanding of the message being conveyed.

• Imagery

• Simile

• Consonance

• Oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A literary device authors use to mirror events in two different parts of a text. Often one will foreshadow the other.

• Parellelism

• Imagery

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A character who does NOT change in significant, internal ways over the course of a story.

• Static character

• Serious character

• Dramatic character

• Dynamic character

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A comparison using the words "like" or "as" that authors use to show meaningful similarity between two things.

• Foreshadowing

• Imagery

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Intentionally placing two words next to one another that appear to be a contradiction. (Examples: "Big baby" - "Original Copy" - "Living Dead")

• Smile

• Oxymoron

• Imagery

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A technique authors use to hint at a later plot event in an earlier place in their text. They cast a "shadow" over the story line.

• Metaphor

• Theme

• Foreshadowing

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A group of words that appear to contradict each other, a longer example of an oxymoron.

• Paradox

• Theme

• Simile

• Imagery