Literary Terms & Devices

Define Hyperbole:

• joining of two contradictory terms

• an exaggerated statement used for effect & not meant to be taken literally

• comparisons, descriptions, & figures of speech that help the mind to form forceful or beautiful pictures

• human qualities given to an object or thing

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CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Define personification:

• making a comparison between 2 items using like or as to describe something

• several words in a sentence begin with the same sound - Tongue Twister

• human qualities given to an object or thing

• words that sound like the sound they are trying to convey - name or word imitating the sound associated with the thing designated

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Define metaphor:

• exaggerated statement used for effect & not meant to be taken literally.

• describes a person, place, thing in a colorful or interesting way by comparing it to something else but doesn't use like or as

• an expression that must be "translated" to be understood - can't be taken literally

• joining of two contradictory terms

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Define simile

• making a comparison between 2 items using like or as to describe something

• describes a person, place, thing in a colorful or interesting way by comparing it to something else but doesn't use like or as

• several words in a sentence begin with the same sound - Tongue Twister

• an expression that must be "translated" to be understood - can't be taken literally

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

" She has a heart of gold" is an an example of _______________.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

"Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of __________.

• alliteration

• imagery

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is an antagonist?

• character or force in conflict with a main character, or protagonist

• a struggle between opposing forces

• main character 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

What is conflict

• struggle between opposing forces

• character who provides a contrast to another character

• used when writers employ 2 or more characters to be engaged in conversation with one another.

• time and place of the action

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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

What is figurative language?

• writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally

• a phrase or word having different meanings than its literal meanings

• A limited third-person narrator sees the world through one character’s eyes and reveals only that character’s thoughts

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is FORESHADOWING

• the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur

• feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.

• writer’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5