Literary Devices
The overall message the author is trying to convey
What is the theme?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution
What is a plot diagram?
The author's attitude
What is Tone?
The character who opposes the main character
What is an Antagonist?
The main character in a work of literature
What is a protagonist?
Anything that appears on the surface to be one thing, yet represents something else and carries a hidden, deeper meaning.
What is symbolism?
Tells the audience what the personality of the character
What is Direct Characterization?
How the reader feels
What is Mood?
A flaw in a speaker's or author's argument
What is a Logical Fallacy?
This occurs when the meaning of a statement is the reverse of what is meant
What is verbal irony?
When and where a story takes place
What is Setting?
“On the sandbanks, the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones” (2).
What is a simile?
When the audience knows what is going to happen to the characters, but the characters have no idea.
What is Dramatic Irony?
When characters speak in work of literature
What is dialogue?
It is an object or idea that repeats itself throughout a literary work.
What is motif?
Love and friendship are one in the same
What is theme?
Shows things that reveal the personality of a character.
What is Indirect Characterization?
Descriptive language which creates sensory experiences
What is Imagery?
Occurs when the audience expects something to happen, but then something else happens instead.
What is Situational Irony?
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is allegory?
The motivations, thoughts and appearance of a character
What is characterization?
A figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common
What is a Metaphor?
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What is Idiom?
An overused, worn-out word or phrase.
What is Cliche?
a sentence that expresses the writer’s position/opinion on a particular subject
What is a thesis statement?