Poetry
Literary device that is used to explain how something looks, feels, tastes, etc.
What is imagery?
What does the underlined word mean?
'Ms. Benoit's students are some of the most deceptive in the entire school.'
What is 'dishonest/untruthful'?
This compares two unlike things, but uses “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
Any type of story that describes imaginary people or events.
What is literary text or fiction?
The order in which events occurred, from first to last.
What is chronological order?
Name the literary device being used:
A friend is like a star that twinkles and glows
Or maybe like the ocean that gently flows.
A friend is like gold that you should treasure
And take care of forever and ever.
What is simile?
What does the underlined word mean?
'The skiers congregated around the lodge's fireplace.'
What is to come together in a group or crowd?
Name the literary device being used:
'When the teacher posted our grades, my heart jumped into my throat and pounded in my chest.'
What is personification?
A very expressive form of writing that uses rhythm and rhyme to convey emotion.
What is poetry?
“Boom”, “Splat” and “Boing” are all this type of figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
In poems, these consist of at least two or more lines that are arranged together as a unit
What are stanzas?
What does the underlined word mean?
'Most children have insatiable curiosities and always ask why.'
What is 'impossible to satisfy'?
This literary device uses one object to represent, or stand for, something else.
What is symbolism?
A type of text that gives facts and details about real people or events.
-Do not say 'nonfiction'-
What is informational text?
What does the underlined word mean?
'We should be careful not to ostracize those who are different from us.'
What is exclude/leave out?
In this type of figurative language, a comparison is made between two things that describes one thing as being the other. It does not use "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
What does the underlined word mean?
'He felt that his role in the company was becoming more ambiguous, because it wasn't clear what he was expected to do.'
What is unclear/confusing? (Something ambiguous can be understood in more than one way)
An imaginative, creative use of words typically used to convey an underlying meaning.
What is figurative language?
A type of fictional text that may have magic, aliens, a chosen one, good vs. evil, or portals to a new world, etc.
What is a fantasy?
The word for "theme" but in a nonfiction text
What is main idea?
“Michael makes muffins in the morning” is using what Literary Device?
What is Alliteration? (The repetition of the same sound at the start of a series of words)
What does the underlined word mean?
The altruistic firefighter ran straight into the burning building with no back up.
What is 'selfless; helping someone even at great risk or cost to oneself'?
This literary device is used to hint at what is going to happen in a story or movie, without being too obvious.
What is foreshadowing?
Brief stories that teach a lesson or a moral.
What is a fable/folktale?
An educated guess based on information you already know; a form of reasoning.
What is inference?