42 literary term posters for secondary ELA - middle school and high school

These literary term posters are just what you need to reinforce vocabulary and decorate your English Language Arts classroom!

Each poster has the literary term and a definition. Some terms have one or more example appropriate for middle and high school ELA students.

There are 42 posters that include the most common literary terms for an ELA / Communication Arts class. Print only what you need or use them all for advanced classes with many terms!

Each poster will print horizontally on an 8.5 X 11 sheet.

The included banner and literary terms definition sheet print vertically on an 8.5 X 11 sheet.

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The following literary term posters are included:

alliteration

allusion

antagonist

assonance

character

characterization

cliché

climax

conflict

dialogue

epilogue

exposition

fable

falling action

fiction

flashback

foreshadowing

genre

hyberbole

idiom

imagery

internal monologue

irony

metaphor

moral

narrator

non-fiction

onomatopoeia

oxymoron

paradox

personification

plot

point of view

protagonist

pun

resolution

rising action

setting

simile

symbolism

theme

tone

Also includes and editable template for you to create your own if you need a term not listed here.

Also included in the zip file:

Literary terms banner for an ELA bulletin board display

Printable page for students with the definitions and examples from the posters.

These literary term posters will make a great reference for your students!

Other than the editable template to create your own poster, this resources is not editable and will not be provided in an editable format. Thank you for understanding.

What to teachers say?

"These are super cute and come in handy when we discuss literary terms."

"Great for my ELA bulletin board!"

"Love this resource. It is thorough and will help kids to learn vocabulary to help them become better readers and writers."

"Good visual posters to add to the bulletin board. Can hang one at a time to teach/reference each week or post them all for reference throughout the year."

Any questions? Please email me at mmersresources@gmail.com.