Literary Devices
A comparison between two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
Typically uses phrases such as "first", "then", "next".
What is sequence?
The first sentence is an essay that captures the readers' attention.
What is a hook?
Speaking about something that happened yesterday.
What is past tense?
Steve's defense lawyer.
Who is O'Brien?
The literary device that hints at future events.
What is foreshadowing?
Typically uses phrases "similarly", "on the other hand", "likewise".
What is compare and contrast?
The sentence at the beginning of each body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
Additional information is a sentence must be offset by this punctuation.
What are commas?
The prosecuting attorney.
Who is Petrocelli?
When the audience knows something that the characters do not.
Typically uses phrases such as "for example", "looks like", "made up of"
What is description?
What is comparing?
What are quotation marks?
The eye witness.
Who is Lorelle Henry?
The location a story takes place.
What is setting?
Typically uses phrases such as "dilemma", "solve", "answer"
What is problem and solution?
Finding the differences between two things.
What is contrasting?
What the acronym FANBOYS stands for.
What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
The victim.
Who is Alguinaldo Nesbitt?
A sudden memory from the past inserted into a narrative.
What is a flashback?
Typically uses phrases such as "as a result", "for this reason, "consequently"
What is cause and effect?
A sentence that expresses the main idea of the essay and lists the characteristics that will be explored.
What is the thesis statement?
A description that comes after dialogue to describe it.
What is a dialogue tag?
The four people said to have been involved in the felony murder.
Who are Steve Harmon, James King, Osvaldo Cruz and Bobo Evans?