Lit Terms

A story illustrating an idea or a moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meanings.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Used for poetic effect, a repetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work.

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.7.5A

A statement which can contain two or more meanings.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

A comparison between two similar things. In literature, a work which resembles another work either fully or in part.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

In a line of poetry, two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable forming the pattern for the line or perhaps for the entire poem.

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A very short tale told by a character in a literary work.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

A person or force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

A brief statement which expresses an observation on life, usually intended as a wise observation.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

A figure of speech wherein the speaker speaks directly to something nonhuman.

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4