Literary Terms List 1

The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will happen later in the story---used to build suspense

• flashback

• symbolism

• foreshadowing

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

In the outsiders, the Ford Mustang's stood for wealth and power. This is an example of...

• theme

• plot

• symbolism

• conflict

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

"Hold your tongue" and "apple of my eye" are both examples of

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

simple:easy::difficult:hard

This is an example of an

• oxymoron

• metaphor

• irony

• analogy

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subjects, characters, and audience is called ________

• tone

• mood

• flashback

• theme

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

"Life is a Highway" is an example of ____

• similie

• metaphor

• cliche'

• imagery

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

The kids in the hallway are as loud as a herd of elephants. This sentence contains a _______________.

• simile

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Love lives on forever even after death. This is an example of a ____.

• theme

• climax

• metaphor

• imagery

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The sunshine smiled as the morning awakened. This is an example of_____

• personification

• alliteration

• simile

• tone

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

I was so hungry I ate the entire refrigerator. Thsi is an example of

• simile

• hyperbole/exaggeration

• idiom

• alliter

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A