Literary Terms

What is simile? 

• comparing two unlike things without using like or as

• the main point of the story

• a word describing or representing a sound

• comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

• the main point of the story

• giving human characteristics to non human objects

• an over exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

What is onomatopoeia?

• a word describing or representing a sound

  Ex: swoosh

• an extreme exaggeration

• comparing two unlike things without using the words like or as

• comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Define hyperbole.

• words represneting sounds

• giving non-human things human characteristics

• an extreme exaggeration

• when several words in the sentence start with the same letter

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Imagery

• phrases that are not meant to be taken literally

• an author’s use of vivid descriptions

• extreme exaggeration

• comparing using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What are idiom?

• phrases that are not meant ot be taken literally

• giving human qualites to non-human things

• a picture in your mind as you read

• using like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

Define metaphor

• word describing sounds

• comparing two unlike things using the words like or as

• the main point of the story

• comparing two unlike things without using the words like or as

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Define alliteration

• several words in the sentence or poem start with the same consonant letter

  Ex: Peter Piper Picked

• focuses on the five senses

• picturing the story in your mind

• over exaggeration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Define theme

• main point the author is trying to make

• educated guess based on text evidence and prior knowledge

• the moral, lesson, or intended affect of the story

• details leading to the main idea

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

Define central idea.

• details that support the text

• the moral of the story

• the main point the author is making

• the most exciting part of the story

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D