1. Literary Terms
6th Grade

2. Alliteration The repetition of initial consonant sounds
Writers use alliteration to create musical effects and to draw attention to certain words or ideas.
Laughing Lions
Turtle Taxi
Dandy Dolphins

3. Onomatopoeia The use of words whose sound suggests their meaning. Bang
Hiss
Thud
Pow
Thwack

4. What is the mood in “Why Dogs are Tame”?
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
Writers use many devices to create mood, including images, dialogue, setting, and plot.
What is the mood in “Why Dogs are Tame”?
Happy

5. He has his head in the clouds.
Idiom
An expression of language that means something different from what it appears to mean.
He has his head in the clouds.
You drive me up a wall.

6. Imagery
Language that stresses or emphasizes sense impressions that help the reader see, hear, feel, smell, and taste things described in the literary work.

7. Ballad A short poem of songlike quality and usually has a refrain.
Lord Randal
"O where ha you been, Lord Randal, my son? And where ha you been, my handsome young man?" "I ha been at the greenwood; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi hunting, and fain wad lie down."
"An wha met ye there, Lord Randal, my son? And wha met ye there, my handsome young man?" "O I met wi my true-love; mother, mak my bed soon, For I'm wearied wi huntin, and fain wad lie down."

8. The Iliad and The Odyssey
Epic Poetry
Lengthy narrative poem usually about the deeds of a hero.
Beowulf
The Iliad and The Odyssey

9. Hyperbole
Use of over exaggerated words, ideas and comparisons to emphasize an idea.
When I lost my new scarf at Mardi Gras, I almost died!
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.

10. “The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg”
Fable
A short story that teaches a moral about human nature.
“The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg”

11. Folktales
A story with no known author that originally was passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth.
He Lion
Bruh Bear
Bruh Rabbit

12. “The Legend of John Henry”
Legends
Stories set in the past that are based on a real-life hero and his/her mighty deeds.
“The Legend of John Henry”
“Paul Bunyan”

13. Myths Stories involving gods, goddesses, and supernatural heroes.
“Perseus”
“Wings”

14. Odes
Lyrical poems written to the praise of a person, animal, or thing.
“Ode to an Artichoke”
“Ode to Mi Gato”