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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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