NWEA Vocabulary for Reading: Literature

RIT Band 211-220Focus on poetic/figurative vocabulary: Assonance, Consonance, Idiom, Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Pun, Symbolism

3 slides for each word- the word, the definition, and an example(s)

Can use as a presentation and or print to use for review games.

ASSONANCE

The repetition of vowel

sounds to create internal

rhyme

the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain - Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven”

Some kids who played games about Narnia got gradually balmier

and balmier- C.S. Lewis The Voyage of the

Dawn Treader

CONSONANCE

repetition of the same consonant

two or more times in short

succession

And the silken sad uncertain

rustling of each purple curtain. –

Edgar Allen Poe “The Raven”

IDIOM

A common expression that has a figurative meaning

She is pulling my leg.

You’re the apple of my eye.

IMAGERY

Vivid descriptive language that

appeals to one or more of the

senses (sight, hearing, touch,

smell, and taste).

"Her face was the color of a dirty pillowcase, and the corners of her mouth glistened with wet, which inched like a glacier down the deep grooves enclosing her chin. Old-age liver spots dotted her cheeks, and her pale eyes had black pinpoint pupils. Her hands were knobby, and the cuticles were grown up over her fingernails."

– Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird

ONOMATOPOEIA

A word that imitates the sound of its

source

QUACK

BUZZ

BANG

SMACK

PUN

A form of word play which

suggests two or more meanings

To write with a broken pencil is

pointless.

I used to hate math but then I

realized decimals have a point.

SYMBOLISM

Using an object, action,

or idea to represent something other than

itself

Heart = loveBlue= calm/peaceCorvairs= Social’s wealth