ELA LIT TERMS

The message or lesson learned from a poem.

• rhyme scheme
• meter
• stanza
• theme

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

Words that almost rhyme but don’t quite; aka “near rhyme”.

• Exact rhyme
• Slant rhyme

• Far rhyme
• Perfect rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

A set of words (1 or 2) which contradict each other.

• oxymorons

• synonyms
• homophones
• rhymes

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5A

A concrete object that represents an abstract idea.

• metaphor
• concrete
• abstract
• symbol

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Two or more ideas, places, characters, or concepts placed side by side to develop comparisons or contrasts.

• juxtaposition
• contrast
• similarity
• juxtapose

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What the poem is about, summed up in one word.

• Meter
• Subject

• Stanza
• Rhyme

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Making a reference to something from art, history, literature, etc.

• allusion
• elusion
• illusion
• collusion

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

A repetition of similar sounds at the beginnings of words.

• rhyme
• metaphor
• simile
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The emotion or attitude evoked in a song or poem.

• shape
• color
• temperature
• mood

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Successive lines that have similar grammatical structure or stressed structure for effect.

• Juxtaposition
• Parallelism
• Contradiction
• Antithesis

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3