Literary Terms

A short phrase or sentence used to give a message learned from a speech or writing

• theme

• topic

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Inner conversation

• monologue

• external dialogue

• internal dialogue

• soliloquy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Position from which objects are considered; attitude of mind.

• Point of view (Perspective)

• Bias

• Beliefs

• Topic

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Repetition of the same sound in a group of words or line of poetry

• Figurative Language

• Rhyme Scheme

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

To regard or represent as a person; a lifeless (inanimate) thing or quality is spoken as alive

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

Pictures in the mind; things imagined

• Theme

• Gestures

• Fiction

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Figurative Language

• precise, and expresses exactly what the author or speaker means.

• using words out of their literal meaning to add beauty or force

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Implied; not plainly expressed

• explicit

• implicit

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argument.

• Answer

• Prove

• Explain

Make (an idea, situation, or problem) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts or ideas.

• Answer

• Prove

• Explain

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D