Literary Terms

What is the main idea, deeper meaning, or message of a story?

• Theme

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is it called when an object is used to represent something else?

• Theme

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Which literary device involves making a comparison between two unlike things using like or as?

• Theme

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Which literary device involves making a comparison in which something is described as though it were something else?

• Theme

• Symbolism

• Simile

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is it called when non-human objects are given human characteristics?

• Personification

• Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is it called when the expected outcome of an action is the opposite of the actual outcome?

• Personification

• Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is it called when the expected or literal meaning of a saying is the opposite of the intended meaning?

• Personification

• Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

What is it called when the reader knows something that the character doesn't?

• Personification

• Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Tags

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.2