Literary Devices
A literary device that compares two things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
Punctuation that signifies a pause, connects two clauses together, and/or adds information to a sentence (when there are two of them).
What is a comma?
A story that explores the theme of love and money through the sacrifices the main characters give for each other.
What is "The Gift of the Magi"?
The way the author feels about a text/ The "vibe" of the text".
What is tone?
Sarcasm in literature
What is verbal irony?
A literary device that paints a picture for the audience
What is imagery?
An acronym that signifies the seven words that can be used to connect clauses that always come AFTER a comma.
What is FANBOYS?
A story that explores childhood trauma and the ways that family can let you down.
What is "Games at Twilight"?
The idea that continues to come up throughout the story.
What is theme?
When the audience knows something the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
A literary device that gives human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
A punctuation that presents information in a sentence
What is a colon?
What is "There Will COme Soft Rains"?
What is a thematic statement?
When something happens that wasn't supposed to happen
A literary device that repeats the same first letter of each word in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
A punctuation that adds information to a sentence-- usually in the middle-- that is not necessary but helpful
A story that involves a mother saving her daughter from a deadly fire
What is "The Leap"?
BONUS QUESTION! Ms. Popoca's favorite candy
What is Reese's?
When the author "shows" but doesn't "tell"
What is allusion?
A literary device that has two opposite words next to each other.
What is an oxymoron?
A punctuation that connects two completely independent clauses that could be separate but make more sense together.
What is a semicolon?
A story about a young girl's first time at school and her discovery of her embarrassment of her mother.
What is "The First Day"?
A thematic statement that is often said about money.
What is "Money can't buy happiness"?