Literary Terms Practice

working vacation

pretty ugly

paper towel

• imagery

• mood

• oxymoron

• tone

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The warm sunshine danced across the grass as the cool breeze rustled the leaves in the trees.

• imagery

• metaphor

• satire

• motif

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

See the line where the sky meets the sea?

It calls me

And no one knows

How far it goes

• simile

• diction

• personification

• characterization

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It is the beginning of the end.

• oxymoron

• motif

• simile

• paradox

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The central message of a text.

• setting

• repetition

• symbol

• theme

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Don't be such a scrooge!

Chocolate is my Kryptonite!

• Apostrophe

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Allegory

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

“Every breath you take

Every move you make

Every bond you break

Every step you take

I’ll be watching you”

• Bias

• Allegory

• Diction

• Anaphora

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

How I wonder what you are.

• Allegory

• Apostrophe

• Irony

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The part of a story where the reader learns the time, place, setting, and characters.

• Exposition

• Climax

• Inciting Incident

• Resolution

• static character

• dynamic character

• protagonist

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3