Cut-out cards Matching sheet

Print double-sided (flip on the long edge) and cut along the dashed lines. Fronts and backs line up.

Literary Terms · Fronts · page 1

simile
imagery
allusion
point of view
plot
paradox
metaphor
alliteration

Literary Terms · Backs · page 1

The ability to form mental ___ of things or events
A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds
A mental position from which things are ___
Passing reference or indirect mention
A statement that contradicts itself
A secret scheme to do something
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
A figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally

Literary Terms · Fronts · page 2

personification
symbol
onomatopoeia
contrast
compare
climax
persuasive
narrative

Literary Terms · Backs · page 2

An arbitrary sign that has acquired a conventional significance
A ___ who represents an abstract quality
A conceptual separation or distinction
Using words that imitate the sound they denote
The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Qualities that are ___
A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events
Intended or having the power to induce action or belief

Literary Terms · Fronts · page 3

expository

Literary Terms · Backs · page 3

Serving to expound or set forth