Literary Devices
"The moon hung in the sky like a silver coin tossed by a careless hand, its glow flickering as if it had been tarnished by time."
What is a simile?
This is the way the author conveys their attitude or feelings toward the subject, characters, or events in the text.
What is tone?
This is the part of speech that takes the place of a noun in a sentence, such as "he," "she," or "they."
What is a pronoun?
This is a brief, concise sentence that introduces the main idea of an essay or paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
"The city was a jungle, its streets teeming with the wild, untamed energy of people pushing forward without direction, while the buildings loomed like predators waiting for their next prey."
What is a metaphor?
This is a warning or indication of a future event.
What is foreshadowing?
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or to form contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
This is where your thesis statement should be located. You will need to be specific.
What is the last sentence of the first paragraph and the final paragraph?
This term refers to the central idea or message of a literary work.
What is a theme?
A conclusion reached by context clues and evidence.
What is an inference?
This is a specific name for a particular person, place, organization, or thing, and it always starts with a capital letter.
What is a proper noun?
a response to a counterargument, where you acknowledge the opposing viewpoint, then demonstrate why it's flawed.
What is a rebuttal?
"With each passing moment, the rain came down harder, and the world outside grew more silent, as though nature itself were mourning a loss."
What is personification?
This occurs when the reader knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list, after introductory elements, or before conjunctions in compound sentences.
What is a comma?
The use of specific and vivid language in writing that appeals to the senses is known as this.
What is imagery?
"All around her, the city was full of life, yet she felt completely alone in the midst of it."
What is irony?
A recurring element, symbol, image, or idea that reinforces a story's themes and adds depth to the narrative.
What is a motif?
This type of clause can stand alone as a sentence and expresses a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
These terms refer to the author's word choice and sentence structure (get one correct for credit).
What is Diction/Syntax