The repetition of initial consonant sounds. EX: sitting in the sand by sea. Remember that some words might have the same sound even though the letters are different. EX: sin city

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• meter

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A reference to another work of art (or historical event or famous person) that the author expects the reader to know and to bring the knowledge of that piece to this one

• alliteration

• allusion

• climax

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Comparison between 2 things, suggesting if they are alike in some ways, they will be alike in others

• alliteration

• setting

• climax

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of nearby clauses

• alliteration

• anaphora

• dramatic irony

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A brief story to illustrate a point or provide an example

• anecdote

• allusion

• metaphor

• plot

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The person or thing that opposes the main character

• anecdote

• allusion

• protagonist

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Repeated patterns and universal symbols that appear in literature throughout the ages

• antagonist

• allusion

• archetype

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The intentional lack of conjunctions where we would normally use them. EX: He crossed the road without looking, without listening, without caution.

• allusion

• protagonist

• asyndeton

• anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A pause near the middle of a line of verse

• Caesura

• creation

• climax

• connotation

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The moment of greatest tension in the story; the turning point

• protagonist

• exposition

• plot

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C