Literary Devices
When one thing (for example, an object, person, name, etc.) stands for another in a piece of literature
What is a symbol?
The theme of Lilo & Stitch
What is "Ohana means family, and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten" or "Family"
The narrator's small cabin at night
What is the setting
A house in the country, in a room lined with yellow wallpaper
What is the setting
When something is exaggerated in a text to send a message
What is a hyperbole?
The theme of Brave
What is "Be careful what you wish for" or "Fortune favors the bold"
The object that frustrates the narrator
What is the "Evil Eye"
A physician, a mother who has just birthed a child, a maid, and an infant
Who are the characters?
What is a theme?
The theme of The Princess and the Frog
What is "Never lose sight of what's truly important" or "Never judge a book by its cover" or "Work hard for what you want"
The way that the narrator hides the body of the old man
What is hiding it under the floor boards
The symbol in the story for the state of the narrator's mind
What is the yellow wallpaper
Can be direct or indirect, but it is how we know who we are reading about
What is characterization?
The theme of Toy Story
What is "You've got a friend in me" or "Friendship"
The way the narrator describes the sound of the old man's beating heart
What is "such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton"
The point of view we read from
When a piece of literature "nods to" another famous piece of literature (Example: "10 Things I Hate About You" and "The Taming of the Shrew")
Allusion
The theme of "Brother Bear"
What is "Walk a mile in someone else's shoes"
The reason the story feels so strange to the reader
What is the unreliable narrator
The "treatment" the narrator is experiencing
What is "rest cure"