Which Literary Terms Should a Student Know Going into High School? What exactly is an extended metaphor? What’s the difference between denotation and connotation? What part of fiction is exposition?
If your child or student is an honors student or college-bound, he or she should know some basic literature terms in order to write a good essay. This applies even to students who plan on going into STEM areas.
At Beyond Words Learning, we have a master list of 60 Literary terms that a student entering high school should know -- particularly a GT or college-bound student. In other words, this is a list that a top-performing 8th grader should know at the end of 8th grade.
This list of 60 words with definitions includes terms like: Point of View, Irony, Propaganda, Metaphor, Extended Metaphor, Connotation and Denotation, and many more. Knowing these terms will help students on responses and essays throughout high school.
This is a perfect reference aid for the upper-tracked 8th grade or high school English student.
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