literary terms

A reference to a statement, a person, place or event that is known from literature or history. The most common allusions include the Bible, mythology, and Shakespeare.

• Allusion

• Archetype

• Antagonist

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are close together

• Aside

• Alliteration

• Cliché

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Helps to establish a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas. A new idea can be conveyed by using the blueprint of an old one as a basis for understanding.

• Alliteration

• Comic Relief

• Allusion

• Analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

One who has conflict with the protagonist.

• Antagonist

• Epiphany

• Epilogue

• Anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Including a humorous character in a serious work to ease the tension.

• Alliteration

• Foil

• Analogy

• Comic Relief

A short verbal accounting of a funny, amusing, interesting event or incident.

• Aside

• Comic Relief

• Anecdote

• Connotation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A reference to a concept, a person, or an object that has served as a prototype of its kind and is the original idea that has come to be used over and over again.

• Diction

• Aside

• Archetype

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

An overused phrase that is not original.

• Cliché

• Analogy

• Protagonist

• Archetype

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A remark in a play meant for the audience.

• Antagonist

• Euphemism

• Alliteration

• Aside

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C