Literary Devices
A comparison of two I like things to create an image
He stumbled along like a bear.
What is a simile?
His or her task is to protect the main character. It is through the wise advice and training of a this character that the main character achieves success in the world.
What is mentor?
Wjat word means a longing for the past?
What is nostalgia ?
The reason why an author writes a particular piece
What is author's purpose?
The most exciting part of the plot, highest tension.
What is the climax?
The beginning of a story when we learn about setting and characters
What is exposition?
This character is often the antagonist, the person the hero must fight
What is a villain?
What word means depressed, sad?
Begins with ‘m’
What is morose?
Use of repetition of initial sounds of words , especially on poetry
What is alliteration?
This is the conflict that gets the story rolling...
What is the inciting incident?
wjen A reader infers what a character feels from the dialogue, how a character acts, or what other characters think/ say of that character
What is indirect characterization ?
He or she is a character who predominantly exhibits goodness, and struggles against evil in order to restore harmony and justice to society
What is hero ?
To be Pleasant and charming, maoing someone defenseless against your charm
What is disarming?
What is the repetition of consonant sounds in words at the end of words?
What is consonance?
This prefix means good
What is bene-?
What is an object that stands for something else
What is a symbol?
This character usually
urges us to enjoy the process of our lives. Although this character can be prone to laziness and dissipation, the positive Character invites us all out to play--showing us how to turn our work, our interactions with others, and even the most mundane tasks into FUN. The goal of the Foo is perhaps the wisest goal of all, which is just to enjoy life as it is, with all its paradoxes and dilemmas.
What is the jester / fool?
What is the word that means unable to make a mistake, always correct?
Begins with an ‘i’
What is infallible?
Thos is a way of labeling the rhyme in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
This prefix means bad
What are male or mal?
what Is the ending of a story in which we find out the answer to all the conflicts?
What is the resolution?
This archetype needs rescuing from the hero- an old fashioned female character that isn’t used as often as it used to be because of the changes in our culture for female empowerment.
What is a damsel in distress?
Drawing a specific conclusion based on what a specific part of the text says or implies
What is an inference?
This is like a paragraph in a poem.
What is a stanza or verse?
Wjat is the term that means both prefix and suffix?
What is affix?