Literary Devices
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
Define: Reluctant
What is unwilling or hesitant?
The emotional atmosphere of a story.
What is the mood?
Where does the story take place?
What is a stage or auditorium?
Why do authors use symbolism?
To give deeper meaning to objects or actions.
A word or phrase that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery?
(TRIPLE POINTS)
A synonym for elusive.
What is hard to catch or understand?
A central idea that keeps returning.
What is a theme?
What does the phrase “words flowed like water” mean?
He became confident and spoke smoothly.
What is the effect of dramatic irony in a story?
It creates suspense or humor when the reader knows something characters don’t.
(TRIPLE POINTS)
An indirect reference to something famous.
What is an allusion?
Define and use ominous.
(DAILY DOUBLE)
What is: threatening or foreboding? “The dark clouds looked ominous.”
(TRIPLE POINTS)
What’s the difference between internal and external conflict?
Internal = within the character; External = outside forces.
(Triple Points)
What can we infer about Sam’s relationship with his father?
Supportive, emotional, meaningful.
(3X POINTS)
How can sentence structure affect pacing?
Short sentences speed it up; long ones slow it down.
The use of contradictory ideas for effect
(DAILY DOUBLE)
What is a paradox?
Define resilient.
What is able to recover from difficulty or toughness?
What’s foreshadowing?
Clues/hints about what will happen later.
What’s a possible theme of the story?
Courage, growth, or finding your voice.
Why would an author use a flashback?
To give background that affects current events.
A long comparison stretched through a poem or story.
What is an extended metaphor?
(TRIPLE POINTS)
Define inevitable and use it in a sentence.
What is: unavoidable. “It was inevitable that the truth would come out.”
(TRIPLE POINTS)
Explain how an unreliable narrator affects a story.
It causes the reader to question the truth of the events told.
(Triple Points)
Identify two literary devices used in the story.
Imagery (“lights hit his face”), simile (“words flowed like water”)
(TRIPLE POINTS)
Define tone and give an example of a somber tone in writing.
(DAILY DOUBLE)
Tone = author’s attitude; somber tone = serious, sad. Example: “He stared at the folded flag, silent.”