Literary Devices 1
This literary device hints at future events in a story to create suspense
Foreshadowing
This lens examiness how a text represents gender, gender roles, power, and inequality.
Feminist lens
This Lens looks at the time period of a text
Historical
How many letters are in the English alphabet
26
This literary device uses an object or element to represent an abstract idea
Symbolism
This lens focuses on the text itself rather than the author's life, historical context, or outside information.
Formalist lens
With this lens you may question how gender roles, expectations, inequality, or power is represented?
Feminist
"To be or not to be" comes from this Shakespearean text
Hamlet
This literary device uses descriptive language that appeals to the senses
Imagery
This lens examines how the author's life and experiences may have influenced their writing.
Biographical lens
With this lens you might question whose culture is represented or marginalied?
Postcolonial
What district does Katniss Everdeen belong to?
District 12
This literary device uses direct comparison between two unrelated things
Metaphor
This lens examines characters through their thoughts, emotions, desires, fears, memories, and unconscious motivations
Psychoanalytical lens
With this lens, you may question how social class affect characters' choices and relationships
Marxism
In Romeo and Juliet, what city is the play set in?
Verona
This literary device uses a sharp contrast between expectation and reality
irony
This lens examines how a text represents power, money, social class, and inequality.
Marxist lens
With this lens, you may reveal a characters unconscious motivations
Psychoanalytical
How many years does it take Odysseus to return home from the Trojan War?
10 years