Literary Devices
Comparison of two unalike things that uses a connecting word such as LIKE or AS
SIMILE
The voice of the person telling the story.
NARRATOR
The ________ of a story is the series of related events.
PLOT
The atmosphere of a story or the feeling that readers get while reading.
MOOD
Figurative language is language that makes a comparison beyond its literal meaning.
TRUE...see page 35
Comparison of two unlike things that does not use a connecting word.
METAPHOR
A narrator who is not a character in the story, and who describes the action taking place from outside the story.
THIRD PERSON NARRATOR
The author introduces the characters and setting.
EXPOSITION
How the writer feels about the story's subject.
TONE
THEME is the same thing as PLOT.
FALSE...the PLOT is what happens in the story
See page 29
Giving human qualities to objects, natural elements, animals, or ideas.
PERSONIFICATION
This type of narrator describes the thoughts and feelings of only one character and only the events that character witnesses.
THIRD PERSON LIMITED
The turning point of the story.
CLIMAX
A general statement about the life made by a piece of fiction.
THEME
The CONFLICT of a story is the story's main problem or struggle.
TRUE...see page 23
An exaggerated statement. It can have a humorous effect.
HYPERBOLE
The story is told from the perspective of this character.
FIRST PERSON NARRATOR
The final part of the story that brings the story to an end.
RESOLUTION
A judgement you make by combing information in a text with information you already know.
CONCLUSION
A word's CONTEXT does NOT include the words and sentences around the word.
FALSE...see page 39
A sound device in which words imitate or suggest the sounds they describe. Authors use these words to enhance imagery.
ONOMATOPOEIA
Narration that describes the thoughts, feelings, and actions of any character in the story.
THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT
Hints about events that will occur later in the story.
FORESHADOWING
An educated guess about things NOT stated directly by the author.
INFERENCE
There are three types of DENOTATION:
Neutral, Positive and Negative
FALSE...DENOTATION refers to the dictionary definition of the word.
See page 39