Lit Devices
A comparison using "like" or "as" Ex. "Life is like a box of chocolates."
What is a simile?
A conversation between two or more people.
What is dialogue?
The main idea or main point that the author is making, or what the text is mostly about.
What is central idea?
This is the MOST important sentence in the entire essay.
What is a thesis statement?
The feeling created by a piece of literature. Ex. Joyful, Mournful
What is mood?
Direct comparison Ex. "The front is a cage.
What is a metaphor?
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
When an author is instructing, entertaining, or persuading the reader.
What is purpose?
What a narrative must include
What is dialogue?
When a character struggles with an internal or external force.
What is conflict?
Gives human characteristics to non-humans. Ex. "The trees whispered in the breeze."
What is personification?
The moral or lesson that the story is trying to teach/convey.
What is theme?
How a passage is organized. Ex. Compare and contrast, cause and effect, etc.
What is structure?
The amount of evidence per paragraph
What is two pieces of evidence?
When two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect Ex. Living death, jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
Extreme exaggeration. Ex. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
What is a hyperbole?
A reference to a person, place, or another work of literature. Ex. In Persepolis, Marji talks about listening to Kim Wilde & Iron Maiden.
What is allusion?
The author's attitude towards a subject
What is tone?
The thesis statement must answer this
What is the prompt?
The meaning of DIDLS
What are diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax?
an object, person, situation, event, or action that represents something else.
What is a symbol/symbolism?
The positive or negative feelings/emotions that are associated with a word.
What is connotation?
The three methods of persuasion
What is ethos, pathos, and logos
?
The amount of paragraphs an essay should have
What are 5 paragraphs?
The best way to succeed on the LEAP test
What is taking your time?