Literary Device Definitions
Use the words “like” or “as” to compare things
What is a simile?
"The wind whispered through the trees, telling secrets to the night."
What is personification?
This act taxed paper goods, including newspapers and playing cards, sparking outrage among the colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
These Colonial leaders justified the displacement and conversion of Indigenous peoples as divine will, creating "praying towns" to assimilate them into Christianity.
Who were the Puritans?
Define colonization
What is the act of one group taking control of another country or region, usually through force, and establishing a permanent settlement there?
states a comparison by referring to one thing by mentioning another without using the words "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
In The Hunger Games, this bird represents hope and rebellion.
What is symbolism?
How did women participate in the American Revolution?
What is a spy, nurse, supplier for the army, or soldier?
Native American tribes were affected by diseases brought by Europeans during colonization. Name one disease that significantly impacted them.
What is smallpox?
The process by which the writer reveals more about the character
What is characterization?
The idea that things represent other things
What is symbolism?
"The golden sunlight spilled across the meadow, and the sweet scent of blooming flowers filled the air."
What is imagery?
This set of laws in 1767 placed taxes on imports like glass, paint, paper, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This forced relocation of Native American tribes in the 1830s led to the suffering and death of thousands, as they were moved westward to designated Indian Territory.
What is the Trail of Tears?
What is the difference between a direct and an indirect quote?
A direct quote reproduces someone's exact words in quotation marks, while an indirect quote paraphrases their words without using quotation marks.
When a writer gives an animal or object qualities or abilities only a human can have.
What is personification?
"I've told you a million times to clean your room!"
What is hyperbole?
What is the significance of the Battle of Saratoga?
This 1777 battle was the turning point of the American Revolution, convincing France to ally with the colonies
This European country established the first permanent English settlement in Jamestown in 1607.
What is England?
Why was Francis Marion called the "Swamp Fox"?
For his guerrilla warfare tactics in the South, this Revolutionary War leader earned the nickname "Swamp Fox" for his ability to evade British forces in the swamps of South Carolina.
Contradictory statements or situations reveal a reality that is different from what appears to be true.
What is irony?
"He climbed the rock wall so fast, you’d think he was Spider-Man!"
What is an allusion?
Hiring a substitute during the war?
What is a wealthy colonist avoiding the draft by doing this—paying someone else to fight in their place?
This event, named after a famous Native American leader, involved raids on Native American villages by colonists in Virginia in 1675-1676.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
What are the components of an argument?
What is a claim, evidence, and counterclaim?