Lit Devices "A"
Story Elements
Literary Terms
Lit Devices You've Met Before
Poetry
100
An extended metaphor is also considered a(n) ___________ because it is a point by point comparison.
What is an analogy?
100
This involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist, though it can be internal as well.
What is conflict?
100
This identifies the way an author feels about the subject he/ she is writing about. Examples could include optimistic, reassuring, or objective.
What is author's tone?
100
The use of words to imitate the sounds they describe. i.e. "The burning wood crackled and hissed." "He fell, boom, bang, crash, right through the ceiling."
What is an example of Onomatopoeia?
100
When two lines have the same sound at the end of a line.
What is a rhyme?
200
"Ice cream was her Achilles heel."
What is an example of allusion?
200
Hints or clues of what is to come in the action of a play or a story; i.e. Bambi's mother warns him about the dangers of Man in the forest. Later she is killed by a hunter.
What is foreshadowing?
200
A figure of speech involving exaggeration; i.e. "I have seen this river so wide it had only one bank." - Mark Twain
What is an example of hyperbole?
200
- putting two contradictory words together. i.e. bittersweet, jumbo shrimp, and act naturally...
What is an example of oxymoron?
200
A group of lines in poem.
What is stanza?
300
A reference to another book or work of art, or famous person, or event in life or literature. i.e. She is as pretty as the Mona Lisa.
What is an example of allusion?
300
“an interruption of the chronological sequence (as of a film or literary work) of an event of earlier occurrence.” Writers use these to insert past events in order to provide background or context and allow the reader to gain insight into a character’s motivation and provide a background to a current conflict. Dream sequences and memories are methods used for these.
What is flashback?
300
A comparison in which one thing is said to be another. i.e. The cat's eyes were jewels, gleaming in the darkness.
What is metaphor?
300
Giving human qualities to animals or objects. i.e. "The daffodils nodded their yellow heads."
What is an example of personification?
300
Rhythm is created by playing with the pattern of what?
What is stressed and unstressed syllables?
400
A short and interesting story often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and/or make readers and listeners laugh
What is an anecdote?
400
The highest point in a story or drama; the top of the mountain of action.
What is the climax?
400
This describes the tone of an author who is not on either side of an argument but presents both sides.
What is unbiased or objective?
400
A word is used which has two meanings at the same time, which results in humor. Mercutio--"Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance." Romeo--"Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead…"(I iv 13-5)
What is an example of pun?
400
AABBCCDDEEFFGG is an example of a formal ________ ________.
What is a rhyme scheme?
500
“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes; A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”
What is an example of alliteration?
500
The narration structure of a story can be one of these three types:
What is first person, second person, or third person point-of-view?
500
A nonsensical figure-of-speech that makes sense to a certain culture and means something totally different.
What is an idiom?
500
There three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. This is the type that plays with what the audience/readers know versus what the characters know. In other words, the audience/readers are "in on a secret."
What is an example of dramatic irony?
500
This is a REGULAR pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables per line.
What is an example of meter?
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