Literary Devices
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
The people in a story are called this
What are characters?
What is a narrative?
The name of a specific person, place, or thing.
What is a proper noun?
The protagonist of The Lion King
Who is Simba?
An example of this figurative language is shown in the sentence below:
Bang! the gun went off to start the race.
What is an onomatopoeia?
Where the story takes place
What is setting?
Every argumentative paper needs this to center their argument.
What is a claim (or thesis statement)?
This kind of word is used to describe a verb.
What is an adverb?
The setting of Beauty and the Beast.
What is France?
When the author hints at a future event that will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
The overall meaning or message of a story
What is theme?
When someone writes about a short period of their own life and experiences
What is a memoir?
These are used to show that someone is talking in a book.
What are quotation marks?
The antagonist of The Little Mermaid
Who is Ursula?
When an inanimate object is given the qualities of a human.
Ex: The wind whispered in my ear.
What is personification?
These are examples of this element:
First person, Second person, Third person omniscient, etc.
What is point of view?
This is needed to support a thesis statement and prove it true in every essay.
What is evidence?
These are examples of this kind of word:
And, or, but, so, yet
What are conjunctions?
The companion to Jafar in Aladdin
Who is Iago?
Tongue-twisters are examples of this kind of figurative language.
Ex: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is alliteration?
The setting shapes this element of a story. It helps the reader understand the vibe of the story.
What is mood?
When someone writes an essay analyzing a book or piece of writing.
What is literary analysis?
This piece of punctuation is used to separate independent clauses that are related to one another.
What is a semicolon?
The climax of Tangled
When Flynn Rider (Eugene) is stabbed by Mother Gothel?