Lit Terms Grade 7

a comparison using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

giving a non-human the traits or characteristics of a person

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"It's so hot, my whole body is on fire!"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

We skated over the ice like swans on a serene lake.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

when traits are INFERRED by what a character says or does

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

the main message or lesson in a story

• climax

• exposition

• characterization

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

what a person in the story SAYS, THINKS, FEELS, and DOES

• climax

• exposition

• characterization

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

when the audience / readers know something that the character does not know

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the highest point of drama in a story; the turning point

• exposition

• theme

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

a reference to another well-known character or story

• theme

• irony

• allusion

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3