Literary Devices
Compares two things using "like" or "as".
Simile
Punctuation mark used to end a strong statement or shout.
Exclamation point
Words that mean the exact opposite of each other.
The time and place where a story happens.
Setting
A story that is made up or imaginary, not based in real life.
Fiction
An extreme exaggeration used for effect (example: "I'm starving").
Hyperbole
This joins two words or sentences together, like and, but, or so.
Conjunction
The literal, dictionary definition of a word.
Denotation
Conflict
Writing that is factual and tells about real people, places, and events.
Non-fiction
Giving human traits to non-human things (example: "The wind whispered").
Personification
An incomplete sentence that is missing a subject or verb.
Fragment or Sentence fragment
The emotional feeling or vibe that a word brings to mind.
Connotation
The central message, lesson, or moral of a story.
Theme
The life story of a real person written by that exact person.
Autobiography
Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.
Foreshadowing
An action word in a sentence.
Verb
Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings (example: their, they're, and there OR to, two, and too).
Homophones
The highest point of action or the major turning point in a plot.
Climax
Writing meant to convince the reader to agree with a specific opinion.
Argumentative or Persuasive
A surprise twist where the opposite of what you expect happens.
Irony
The main sentence that states the central argument of an essay.
Thesis statement
Using the nearby words in a sentence to guess and unknown word.
Context clues
The perspective from which a story is told, like first-person or third-person.
Point of view
Informational writing that explains a topic clearly using facts and details.
Expository