HE1 Writer's Choices List 2

the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

• foreshadowing

• flashback

• anecdote

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

• allusion

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

the repetition of initial consonant sounds to give emphasis to words, to imitate sounds, and to create musical effects

• onomatopoeia

• exposition

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

the part of the work that introduces the characters, the setting, and the basic situation

• exposition

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• oxymoron

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

the use of words that imitate sounds

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event told to entertain or to make a point

• metaphor

• flashback

• exposition

• anecdote

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

a means by which authors present material that occurred earlier than the present tense of the narrative

• exposition

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a combination of words, or parts of words, that contradict each other

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• alliteration

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

figurative language that makes a comparison by describing one thing as if it were another

• anecdote

• personification

• allusion

• 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

figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4