Literary Devices
Something that causes issues and tension in a story.
Conflict
Author of “Hard Times”, “Oliver Twist”, and “Great Expectations”
Charles Dickens
Huck and Jim travel along the Mississippi River in search of this concept.
Freedom
Someone who steals.
Thief
Charles Dickens is an author of this time period.
An exaggerated statement or claim.
Hyperbole
Author of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”.
Mark Twain
J.R.R Tolkein’s “The Hobbit” is known for redefining this imaginative genre.
Fantasy
Having no meaning; making no sense.
Nonsensical
Shakespeare is the quintessential author of this era.
The Renaissance/Elizabethan Era
A way of writing or speaking that is common or informal.
Vernacular
Author of “The Scarlet Letter”.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In “Of Mice and Men”, Lennie and George work hard to achieve this concept.
The American Dream
a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend.
Acquaintance
Mark Twain’s works addressed this major societal issue in America.
Slavery
An exaggerated portrayal of someone’s personality or appearance
Caricature
Author of “Sense and Sensibility”.
Jane Austen
The townsfolk in “The Scarlet Letter” are obsessed with this negative religious idea.
Sin
To be extremely hungry (for food or something else).
Ravenous
John Steinbeck addressed the effects of this major American historical event.
The Great Depression
When you say one thing, but mean the opposite.
Verbal irony
Responsible for creating over 1,700 new English words.
Shakespeare
In Jeanette Winterson’s “The Passion”, Henri’s love for Napoleon is an expression of this concept
Nationalism
anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
Apprehension
In “The Scarlet Letter”, this religious society was responsible for punishing Hester Prynne.
Puritans