Literary Devices
Giving human attributes to a non-human thing.
What is personification?
This is the main idea sentence of your persuasive essay.
What is a thesis/position statement?
This is a paragraph in a poem.
What is a stanza?
This is another word for a(n) main or independent clause; it can stand on its own.
What is a simple sentence?
Use this strategy when you are having difficulty composing a thesis statement.
What is scratch out "w-to-w"?
This occurs when the reader expects one outcome but encounters another, usually opposite of what was expected.
What is irony?
This is the most important component of your STAAR persuasive essay.
What is a thesis statement?
The length or rhythm of a line in relation to the other lines in the poem.
What is meter?
This clause contains a subject and a verb, yet it cannot stand on its own.
What is a dependent clause?
Thinking about this part of a story or poem will give the reader CLUES about its main idea or theme.
What is read the title?
This is a situation in which a character is faced with two opposing emotions at once or needing to choose between two equally difficult/desirable options.
What is a internal conflict?
This statement expresses the opposition's opinion and demonstrates your full understanding of the issue at hand.
What is the counter argument?
This type of language allows the reader to imagine the action with their five senses.
What is imagery?
This sentence contains two independent clauses joined together by either a conjunction or semicolon.
What is a compound sentence?
Using this helps when brainstorming ideas for your essay.
What is a t-chart?
This expresses the author's/speaker's attitude towards the subject they are focusing on.
What is tone?
Using these words or phrases before moving onto another topic or paragraph makes for smoother shifting between ideas.
What are transitions?
This is the pattern in which the sound of end words of each line sound the same.
What is rhyming?
This sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
When working on cross-over questions, this strategy is useful to compare answers for each story.
What is a t-chart?
This is the moral of the story; it expresses universal human life lessons.
That is theme?
This is the last sentence of your essay. It tells the reader what they must do if they agree with your position.
What is the call to action?
The type of language a poet uses; it requires analysis to discover its hidden meaning.
What is figurative language?
This sentence contains at least one dependent clause and two independent clauses.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
Identifying these sentences in a non-fiction passage helps to understand the main idea.
What are topic sentences? What are the last sentences of the paragraph?