Literary Devices
When a word sounds like what it describes
What is onomatopoeia?
What is direct characterization?
The protagonist in "Celia Behind Me"
The inciting incident in Macbeth
What is the witches' prophecies?
Arn's age at the beginning of the novel
What is eleven?
What is three?
A part of speech that joins two words, ideas, or phrases TOGETHER and shows how they are connected.
What is a conjunction?
The climax and main message or theme of a song. Often includes the title of the song and is usually very similar each time it occurs.
What is a chorus?
When the audience is aware of events occurring in a story, but characters have no idea.
What is dramatic irony?
The plot stage in a short story when the conflict is introduced
This character in "The Possibility of Evil" has a fixed mindset
Who is Miss. Strangeworth?
When the play starts, Macbeth is the Thane of _____
What is Glamis?
The Khmer Rouge force everyone to wear this clothing.
What are black pajamas?
The item that is missing from the context paragraph:
- speaker and subject
- POV
- description of context
What is the pot stage?
This sentence is an example of a _______.
I love reading Shakespeare's plays I would read them all day if I had the time.
What is a run-on sentence?
This mindset views abilities as something you can improve through practice
What is a growth mindset?
Elements in nature that arise in a story to help mimic the mood or atmosphere or how a character might be feeling.
What is pathetic fallacy?
The type of conflict within the mind of a character
What is person vs self conflict / internal conflict?
The climax of "Celia Behind Me"
What is Elizabeth attacking Celia?
This son of Duncan ran away to England.
Who is Malcolm?
The Khmer Rouge call their group of child soldiers this name
What is Little Fish?
This narrative element in the analysis paragraph should be written as a complete sentence and should avoid using cliches.
What is theme?
Identify the preposition in the following sentence:
He dove under the water to retrieve the ring.
What is "under"?
An in-text citation should include these two things.
What is the author's last name and page number?
Identify the device:
The airport is a congested beehive during New Years Eve.
What is a metaphor?
The underlying moral, message, or lesson in a story
What is theme?
In the short story, “The Necklace” the main character can best be described as (think characterization - i.e., round, flat, dynamic, static)
What is round and dynamic?
This character discovers Duncan’s dead body
Who is Macduff?
Who did Arn attack in America?
Who is Sojeat?
What is diction?
The type of grammar error in the following sentence:
I studied all night for my exam, I hope I pass.
What is a comma splice?
What is italicized?
Identify the device:
The comedian’s serious humour had the crowd laughing and thinking at the same time.
What is an oxymoron?
This POV is when the story is told from the perspective of a character looking back on past events.
What is first person retrospective?
A possession that Miss Strangeworth refuses to share with other people
What are roses?
Which literary device is being used in the following quote: "look like th' innocent/flower,/ But be the serpent under't" (1.5.76-78).
What is a simile?
The instrument Arn learned to play for the Khmer Rouge
What is a khim?
What is a signal phrase?
The part of speech that needs to be included in this sentence to fix the comma splice:
He ordered a burger and fries, he finished them quickly.
What is a conjunction?
This character shows a fixed mindset in "The Tortoise and the Hare"
Who is the Hare?