Springboard Unit 2 Literary Terms

The distinctive way a writer uses language, characterized by elements of diction, syntax, imagery, organization and so on.

• style

• theme

• mood

• tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Anything (object, animal, event, person, or place) that represents itself but also stands for something else on a figurative level.

• mood

• irony

• style

• symbol

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The use of words to describe one thing in terms of another.

• literal language

• figurative language

• rhetoric

• voice

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A writer or (or speaker's) attitude toward a subject, character, or audience.

• mood

• tone

• voice

• style

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When something turns out to be quite different than expected.

• tone

• mood

• irony

• rhetoric

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

References that writers make to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art or another literary work.

• allusions

• imagery

• symbol

• diction

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This type of irony occurs when the reader or audience knows more about the circumstances or future events than the characters in the scene.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• rhetorical irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

This type of irony occurs when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite.

• situational irony

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The methods a director uses to communicate meaning and to evoke particular emotional responses from viewers.

• camera movements

• dialogue

• shots and framing

• cinematic techniques

A description or account of someone else's life or significant events from that person's life.

• autobiography

• biography

• semi-biography

• memoir

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10