LITERARY DEVICES
When a writer gives human qualities to a non-human thing or animal.
What is personification?
This is something that can be proven or verified
What is a fact
The author of the script being performed or read is called this
What is a playwright
What are things I should bring with me to the test?
A book and a snack
This is the main problem in a story.
What is conflict
When a writer repeats words, phrases or ideas to suit his purpose
What is repetition?
THIS is the main idea of the following "Abraham Lincoln is known as 'honest Abe' because he told the truth about chopping down a cherry tree. He also stayed true to his word about promoting abolitionism."
What is that Abraham Lincoln is trustworthy/honest
This is what we call the words spoken in a drama
What is dialogue
What do I need to do the night before the test?
What is not play fortnite till 3 am and get a good night's rest?
This point of view is "all knowing" and tells the perspective of everyone
What is 3rd person omniscient
"My head is a jungle" is an example of this type of figurative language and it implies this
What is a metaphor and it implies that the person has chaotic thoughts
"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is an example of something people believe to be true, even though they cannot prove that it is a fact.
What is a commonplace assertion
The character that opposes the main character of the drama
What is antagonist
What is the life lesson that the author is promoting in the story?
What is theme
What kind of figurative language is "I found myself between a rock and a hard place" and what does it mean
What is an idiom and that you are in a very difficult position
This is one way to know that a summary is incorrect
What is that it includes too many specific details
This is how the playwright communicates how the actor moves, speaks and looks.
What is stage directions?
The reason a writer writes is called the author's _______.
What is purpose?
This is a comparison of two unlike things using being verbs that goes on for a stanza or even the entire poem.
What is extended metaphor?
Give me 3 different text structures
BONUS if you can give me all of them
compare and contrast, problem/solution, description, cause and effect, and sequence/time order
This is the main character of the drama
What is the protagonist
The point of view offered in the following: "Mary had twelve little lambs and she loved each and every one."
What is third person?