Literary Terms

Snow speaks to the people; it’s falling above in the glooming sunlight. Its white, sparkling voice echoes as it falls through the air.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification

In the film and book Charlotte’s Web, Charlotte explains to Wilbur that all living things eventually die. Charlotte then has to spin a web to save Wilbur’s life. In the process of spinning her web, Charlotte expends all her energy and dies.

• Allusion & Imagery
• Simile & Metaphor
• Foreshadowing & Irony
• Personification & Mood

Fog
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

• Allusion
• Simile
• Personifcation
• Foreshadowing

When the woman kept changing the subject I knew she had something to hide.  I wasn’t surprised when she turned out to be guilty.

• Foreshadowing
• Personfication
• Simile
• Metaphor

Hints or clues used by the author to tell what will happen later in the book is a device known as:

• flashback
• simile
• mood
• foreshadowing

What is a hyperbole?

• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words in teh same phrase.
• A group of words whose meaning is different from the ordinary or literal meaning.
• A big exaggeration in order to make a point.
• The use of words that imitate sounds.

Can you keep the cat from clawing the couch?

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Tone

• Repetition

the idea, lesson, or message that a work of literature teaches or emphasizes to readers

• Topic

• Theme

• Moral

• Mood

What is a story with a fully developed theme but is significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel?

• novella

• short story

• narrative

• tale

The act of creating, developing, and describing characters. Can be both direct or indirect.

• appearance

• character traits

• character analysis

• characterization