30 Terms You Can’t Live Without

What is the term for the following definition: methods of revealing a character’s personality and traits?

• Characterization

• Foreshadowing

• Irony

• Setting

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

What is the term for the following definition: when an object or abstract idea is given human qualities or a human form?

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the term for the following definition: a word that is the opposite in meaning to another word?

• Antonym

• Synonym

• Homonym

• Acronym

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 the term for the following definition: a word that is similar in meaning to another word?

• Synonym

• Antonym

• Homonym

• Acronym

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

What is the term for the following definition: the perspective from which a story is told?

• Point of View

• Theme

• Setting

• Plot

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 the term for the following definition: when a story is related as it is perceived by a single character?

• First Person

• Third Person Omniscient

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the term for the following definition: presents the events of a story from a perspective outside any single character’s perception, with either limited or omniscient insight into all characters’ minds?

• Third Person

• First Person

• Second Person

• Stream of Consciousness

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the term for the following definition: exaggeration or overstatement?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Irony

• Euphemism

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

What is the term for the following definition: an appeal to one of the five senses?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Irony

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the term for the following definition: the prevailing emotion or atmosphere of a work?

• Mood

• Theme

• Plot

• Setting

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