Literary terms

Language that is NOT meant to be taken seriously (examples - simile, metaphor, personification)

• Dialect

• Mood

• Figurative Language

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

When an entire poem is about ONE metaphor

• imagery

• Extended Metaphor

• Symbolism

• Repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

the overall EMOTION the READER feels

• metaphor

• dialect

• alliteration

• mood

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

a comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

when one thing stands for or represents something else

• symbolism

• simile

• metaphor

• dialect

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

• symbolism

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

The person responsible for writing the poem

• Rhyme scheme

• Speaker

• dialect

• Author

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

When a writer uses language in an attempt to reproduce the accents and speech patterns of people who aren't speaking standardized English (Example: southern accent / British accent)

• Rhyme scheme

• dialect

• alliteration

• stanza

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

A "chunk" or a paragraph in a poem.

A grouping of two or more "lines" that come together to form a unit.

• Stanza

• rhyme scheme

• theme

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

When a writer repeats a word, phrase or line for emphasis

• extended metaphor

• alliteration

• theme

• repetition

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.2.4