Literary Devices
A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
Make a smart pass, grab the pass, and go
What's the restroom procedure?
How much are tests worth?
This term refers to the central idea or message in a work of literature.
What is the theme?
What college did Ms. White go to?
This literary device involves giving human qualities to non-human things or abstract ideas.
What is personification?
No phones, earbuds, or headphones in class.
What is the phone rule?
The use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
The bin that correlates with the block you are in
Where do I turn in my work?
When the outcome of a situation is opposite of what is expected, this literary device is at play.
What is irony?
Perfume in Ms. White's classroom.
What is not allowed in class?
The time and place in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
This town is named after two railroad makers.
What is the town of Irmo?
A statement that seems self-contradictory, but reveals a deeper truth.
What is a paradox?
5-subject notebook, charged chromebook, and pencils
What do I need for class?
The narrator in a story who is not a character, but knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third-person omniscient point of view?
Bailey
The name of Ms. White's dog
This type of repetition involves the same consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence or phrase.
What is alliteration?
Check Google Classroom and the absent folders before asking Ms. White what you need to do.
What if I am absent a day?
A poem of 14 lines, usually written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
Ask a peer, ask Ms. White, research it