Literary Terms Review

1. Repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words that are near to each other. Often used in poetry.

• tone

• simile

• personfication

• alliteration

A direct comparison of two otherwise unlike things that have some qualities in common. Ex., My hands are ice cubes.

• metaphor

• simile

• tone

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

A comparison using "like" or "as." Ex., My hands are like ice cubes.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The main idea, lesson, or message about life in a text. Ex., If you learn from your mistakes, then those mistakes are gifts, not problems.

• alliteration

• theme

• flashback

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The giving of human qualities and traits to an animal, object or idea. Ex., The dandelions danced in the breeze.

• tone

• theme

• personfication

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Hints about what will happen in the future of a text.

• hyperbole

• theme

• foreshadowing

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

When the author takes the reader back in time to share an important memory.

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What kind of figurative language is being used?

Avery ate an amazing apple at Andrew's.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What kind of figurative language is being used?

Chase cried like a baby after he ate too much pasta.

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What kind of figurative language is being used?

The ball jumped out of the receiver's hands.

• simile

• imagery

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A