Literary Devices
Cool as a cucumber
What is a simile?
He, she, it, they, his, her
What is third person narration?
The point of greatest interest or suspense, turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
What is pathos?
The last sentence of your introduction paragraph.
What is a thesis statement?
The flowers danced in the wind
What is personification?
What is first person narration?
Events leading to the end of the story
What is falling action?
logic, statistics, facts
What is logos?
The first sentence of each body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
A fire station burns down from a fire.
What is situational irony?
You and your
What is second person narration?
The problem or struggle the characters face.
What is conflict?
Credibility
Roadmap for your essay.
What is a thesis statement?
In a scary movie, the character goes into a house they think is empty, but the audience knows the killer is in the house.
What is dramatic irony?
He looked sad.
Solution, end of the story
What is the resolution?
Tom Brady in a Subway commercial.
What is ethos?
What are quotation marks?
I was dying of laughter
What is a hyperbole?
You felt nervous.
What is second person narration?
Beginning of the story, introduces characters, sets up setting
What is exposition?
A commercial that uses photographs of injured puppies, or sad-looking kittens, and slow, depressing music to emotionally persuade their audience to donate money.
What is pathos?
Formatting the title of a book.
What is italicized?