Grade 9 Literary Terms

author directly describes the character

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

reason for writing

• purpose

• critique

• hyperbole

• audience

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

statement of the essay's main idea

• thesis

• simile

• theme

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or character.

• theme

• mood

• irony

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A struggle that occurs within an individual

• situational irony

• internal conflict

• external conflict

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as".

• situational irony

• coherence

• connotation

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

A comparison using "like" or "as".

• simile

• thesis

• theme

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

• personification

• organization

• alliteration

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

the way in which a piece of writing is structured

• organization

• transitions

• alliteration

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

the clear and orderly presentation of ideas in a paragraph or essay

• coherence

• connotation

• audience

• flashback

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3