Literary Vocabulary Review

A figure of speech that directly compares two things using the words like or as is called...

• rhyme

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The representation of conversation within a literary work.

• Dialogue

• Epilogue

• Characterization

• Narrative

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

The use of direct and indirect methods to describe qualities and features of a person within a literary work.

• Antagonist

• Assonance

• Characterization

• Cliché

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Topics found throughout the story (usually one word)

• Topic

• Main idea

• Motif

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

a character in the story is telling the story (uses “I”)

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

• Fourth Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

tells the reader what a character is like through their thoughts and actions

• Indirect Characterization

• Direct Characterization

the main character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Character

• Hero

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

hints in the story about what might happen later on

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

• Clues

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Time and place in which the story is taking place.

• literature

• plot

• round

• setting

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.)

• literary text

• theme

• hook

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3