Literary Terms

a story or tale with two or more levels on meaning – a literal level and one or more symbolic levels

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

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

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a figure of speech in which a speaker directly addresses an absent person or a personified quality, object, or idea.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

the repetition of vowel sounds in conjunction with dissimilar consonant sounds

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a songlike poem that tells a story, often dealing with adventure and romance

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CCSS.RL.11-12.12

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a poem or speech in which an imaginary character speaks to a silent listener

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

a solemn and formal lyric poem about death, often one that mourns the passing of some particular person.

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

poetry that lacks a regular rhythmical pattern or meter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

a deliberate exaggeration or overstatement

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A