8th English Literary Terms

A phrase that means exactly what it says.

• Literal Language

• Figurative Language 

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An explicit or implicit reference, in a work of literature, to a person, place, or event, or to another literary work or passage (POP CULTURE)

• Literal Language

• Figurative Language 

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A phrase that contains images that are not intended to be understood in a literal sense.

• Literal Language

• Figurative Language 

• alliteration

• allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

a comparison of things based on ways they are alike

• allusion

• alltteration

• analogy

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

repetition of the initial consonant sounds.

• allusion

• alltteration

• analogy

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

a trite phrase or expression, something (such as a menu item) that has become overly familiar or commonplace

• idiom

• metaphor

• cliche

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

a phrase that cannot be understood from its literal meaning but is understood by most people.

• idiom

• metaphor

• cliche

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as”

• idiom

• metaphor

• cliche

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the usually humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound.

• Pun

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

the author uses words or phrases to create “mental images” for the reader using the 5 senses. (Sight, Hearing, Taste, Touch & Smell)

• Pun

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A