Literary Devices
This term describes a character who contrasts sharply with another to highlight differences.
What is character foil?
When events in a text occur in order.
What is chronological order?
A text that shows similarities and differences uses this structure.
What is compare/contrast?
An author who wants to explain how a car works is writing with this purpose.
What is to inform?
Before we leave for the trip we need to finish our homework.
Before we leave for the trip, we need to finish our homework.
When a story jumps back to show why a character fears heights, it is using this narrative device.
What is a flashback?
A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning is called an —
What is an inference?
A text organized by time order uses this structure.
What is chronological order?
An author who tries to convince readers to support an invention uses this purpose.
What is to persuade?
Identify the redundant part of this sentence:
The students collaborated together on the group project.
What is “together”?
The word “bittersweet” is an example of this device.
What is an oxymoron?
This refers to the overall feeling or atmosphere a reader gets from a text.
What is mood?
The author's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience.
What is tone?
When an author includes exciting or humorous scenes just to keep readers engaged, they are writing to do this.
What is to entertain?
Clue: Choose the best revision to combine these sentences smoothly:
The robot malfunctioned. It needed repairs.
The robot malfunctioned, so it needed repairs.
The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite.
What is irony?
The lesson, message, or moral of a story is called this.
What is theme?
A firefighter’s house burning down is an example of this type of irony.
What is situational irony?
Using “This shows…” or “This means…” is showing good —.
What is commentary?
Clue: Identify the fragment:
a. The crowd cheered as the team entered the field.
b. Because the storm ruined the field.
What is sentence b?
A story that uses flashbacks or jumps around in time instead of following chronological order is using this technique.
What is non-linear story telling?
Understanding why authors use dialogue in one text and quotations in another requires analyzing differences in this
What is author's purpose?
When the audience knows something a character does not, this form of irony creates suspense.
What is dramatic irony?
Removing repeated or unnecessary information fixes —.
What is redundancy?
I have a big test tomorrow therefore, I need to study tonight.
I have a big test tomorrow; therefore, I need to study tonight.