English Midterm Review

The repetition of similar, usually consonants, in a group of words (initial sound)

• Archetype

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Opposites beside each other for effect

• juxtaposition

• paradox

• parallelism

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things which are basically dissimilar

• Simile

• Metaphor

• juxtaposition

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A reference to a person, a place, an event, or a literary work that a writer expects a reader to recognize.

• Personification

• Rhetorical question

• Paradox

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

The main idea or lesson learned

• Anecdote

• Paradox

• Theme

• Stanza

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A very short story that is told to make a point

• Anecdote

• Metaphor

• Parallelism

• Archetype

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Comparison throughout an entire poem or paragraph

• Allusion

• Extended Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

A figure of speech using exaggeration or overstatement for special effect

• Repetition

• Allusion

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

A figure of speech comparing two essentially unlike things through the use of specific word of comparison such as like, as, than, or resembles.

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Extended Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Something that hints at something else, usually something abstract, such as an idea or belief.

• Symbol

• Theme

• Utilitarian

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3