[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] To be "in the know" in literature, you need to know the terminology used to describe, interpret, and analyze poetry, drama, and fiction. As you proceed through the sections...

This is a three-page PDF of Literary Terms from Crest, Catherine Bartlett. Teacher's Guide-AP English Literature and Composition. New York: Educational Testing Service, 1999.

The University of Victoria's Writer's Guide includes an extensive list of literary and rhetorical terms. List can be displayed alphabetically.

A simple list of literary terms. Click on each for a definition and examples.

An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Literary Terms. Other links are included.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is set up in a game format for students to review Vocabulary-Literary Terms. The questions are in multiple choice formats with the magnifier revealing if the answer is correct.

Site contains a list of literary terms, including the word "characterization." Basic but accurate definitions are easy to understand.

A comprehensive list of literary terms from the University of Victoria that will give students definitions and examples of how they are used. Terms are sorted by category. L.11-12.4d Verify meaning

This site provides an overview of literary terms and critical theories, compiled by a professor of English who teaches at the university level.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review and assessment of a collection of short stories. The following literary terms are applied to the stories: plot structure, types of characters, characterization, irony,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students review sound elements such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance. It also includes a review of most literary terms. A $1,000 pyramid-type of review is included as well.

This site provides a general description of theme, complete with a couple of examples.

This short definition of Soliloquy compares it with a similar literary convention, the "aside."

A learning module that includes ten links to videos, websites, and assessments that review literary terms such as poetic devices, figurative language, literary elements, literary terms, and more.

A good definition of satire, with links to related definitions and literary terms.

This is an introduction to the literary theme of appearance vs. reality using Hamlet, a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It features a list of key terms including literary devices and dramatic terms; essential questions including how the...

In this instructional activity unit, students investigate how justice is perceived and addressed in different cultures and times by examining literature from around the world. Texts examined include: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, A...

Short explanation of setting as a literary term. Written in the context of "What makes a good short story?" A link at the bottom of the page leads to additional information about setting.

This lesson from a unit on American Transcendentalism focuses on key literary terms that fit the writings of the period and an interactive crossword puzzle using the terms and their definitions.

A glossary of literary terms, primarily dealing with poetry, with definitions.

Given the term definition, students are to select the matching literary term in this 40 question quiz that covers 40 literary terms. Java is required.

This is a glossary entry for the literary term "Oxymoron" including a definition and a list of more that 50 oxymorons.

Rhetorical terms are defined on this site by the Kentucky Division of Classics. With sentence examples of each in English and Greek. Also related links to Perseus.

This lesson focuses on the vocabulary terms to describe the writing for the period of American Realism and is followed by an interactice crossword puzzle using the vocabulary.