Lit Terms Reviewed

Mood is

• The feeling of the written piece created by the author’s choice of words.

• Human qualities given to something non-human

• The repeating of the same words or phrases a few times (at least twice) to make an idea clearer or to make it a focus

• A sound device where the word sounds like what it describes or the sounds those objects make

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Personification is

• The feeling of the written piece created by the author’s choice of words.

• Human qualities given to something non-human

• The repeating of the same words or phrases a few times (at least twice) to make an idea clearer or to make it a focus

• A sound device where the word sounds like what it describes or the sounds those objects make

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Repetition is

• The feeling of the written piece created by the author’s choice of words.

• Human qualities given to something non-human

• The repeating of the same words or phrases a few times (at least twice) to make an idea clearer or to make it a focus

• A sound device where the word sounds like what it describes or the sounds those objects make

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Onomatopoeia is

• The feeling of the written piece created by the author’s choice of words.

• Human qualities given to something non-human

• The repeating of the same words or phrases a few times (at least twice) to make an idea clearer or to make it a focus

• A sound device where the word sounds like what it describes or the sounds those objects make

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Hyperbole is

• An exaggeration of something making it more or less than it really is

• A comparison of two things using the words like or as

• The repetition of letter sounds at the beginning of a series of words and/or phrases, typically happens when two or more are nearby

• Two words that sound alike, usually the vowel sounds are the same and the consonant is different

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Simile is

• An exaggeration of something making it more or less than it really is

• A comparison of two things using the words like or as

• The repetition of letter sounds at the beginning of a series of words and/or phrases, typically happens when two or more are nearby

• Two words that sound alike, usually the vowel sounds are the same and the consonant is different

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Alliteration is

• An exaggeration of something making it more or less than it really is

• A comparison of two things using the words like or as

• The repetition of letter sounds at the beginning of a series of words and/or phrases, typically happens when two or more are nearby

• Two words that sound alike, usually the vowel sounds are the same and the consonant is different

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Rhyme is

• An exaggeration of something making it more or less than it really is

• A comparison of two things using the words like or as

• The repetition of letter sounds at the beginning of a series of words and/or phrases, typically happens when two or more are nearby

• Two words that sound alike, usually the vowel sounds are the same and the consonant is different

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

Rhyme Scheme is

• An exaggeration of something making it more or less than it really is

• A pattern of rhyming end lines in a poem using the letters of the alphabet to identify the pattern

• The repetition of letter sounds at the beginning of a series of words and/or phrases, typically happens when two or more are nearby

• A comparison in which one thing is said to be another

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

Metaphor is

• An exaggeration of something making it more or less than it really is

• A pattern of rhyming end lines in a poem using the letters of the alphabet to identify the pattern

• The repetition of letter sounds at the beginning of a series of words and/or phrases, typically happens when two or more are nearby

• A comparison in which one thing is said to be another

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4