Literary Terms - 7th Grade

What is an Allegory

• a story represent or symbolize ideas and concepts.

• when a human quality, emotion, or ambition is given to anon-human object or being. This is similar to personification, but not exactly the same

• a character, group of characters, or institution that opposes the protagonist or main character

• the repetition of an initial consonant sound

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is Alliteration?

• a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification

• a character, group of characters, or institution that opposes the protagonist or main character

• the repetition of an initial consonant sound. Often used in poetry.

• a symbolic device in which characters or events in a story represent or symbolize ideas and concepts.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is an Allusion?

• when a human quality, emotion, or ambition is given to anon-human object or being. This is similar to personification, but not exactly the same

• a figure of speech where the author refers to a subject matter such as a person, place, event, or literary work in a passing reference

• a symbolic device in which characters or events in a story represent or symbolize ideas and concepts.

• a central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities. They blur the line between hero and villain

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is an Analogy?

• a symbolic device in which characters or events in a story represent or symbolize ideas and concepts.

• a character, group of characters, or institution that opposes the protagonist or main character

• a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification

• a central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities. They blur the line between hero and villain

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is an Antagonist?

• a symbolic device in which characters or events in a story represent or symbolize ideas and concepts.

• the repetition of an initial consonant sound

• a central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities. They blur the line between hero and villain

• a character, group of characters, or institution that opposes the protagonist or main character

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is an Anti-Hero?

• when a human quality, emotion, or ambition is given to anon-human object or being. This is similar to personification, but not exactly the same

• the repetition of an initial consonant sound

• a central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities. They blur the line between hero and villain

• a symbolic device in which characters or events in a story represent or symbolize ideas and concepts.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is Anthropomorphism?

• a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification

• when a human quality, emotion, or ambition is given to anon-human object or being. This is similar to personification, but not exactly the same

• a central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities. They blur the line between hero and villain

• the repetition of an initial consonant sound

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D