Literary Devices
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
The place and time in which a story happens.
What is the setting?
This punctuation mark shows shock or excitement in dialogue.
What is an exclamation mark (!)?
Complete: Right now, I am _____ to the store. (conjugate "to walk")
What is walking?
This describes what happens after the climax as the story winds down.
What is the falling action?
This kind of essay tries to make readers agree with your point of view.
What is an argumentative essay?
This part of the story introduces the characters and setting.
What is the exposition?
These two punctuation marks come in pairs to show what someone is saying.
What are quotation marks?
Complete: He ___ his pencil yesterday. (conjugate "to lose")
What is lost?
Our first free write was about waking up with one of these.
What is a superpower?
This phrase type means something different from its literal meaning, like “spill the beans.”
What is an idiom?
The part that comes right after the exposition.
What is the rising action?
Identify the mistake in this sentence:
The students was excited for the trip.
What is subject-verb agreement (it should be students were)?
Complete: She always ___ at 7 a.m. (conjugate "to jog")
What is jogs?
These are fluid expressions of art in words — not just rhyming.
What is poetry?
In a rhetorical analysis essay, you focus on how an author achieves their purpose.
What is the HOW?
The highest point on Freytag’s Pyramid.
What is the climax?
The words that tell who is speaking and how they speak.
What are dialogue tags?
Complete: I was ___ dinner when the phone rang. (conjugate "to eat")
What is eating?
This event sets the story in motion.
What is the conflict or inciting incident?
How do you spell the literary device meaning written sound?
What is onomatopoeia?
The three main elements every story must have.
What are character, plot, and setting?
Choose the correct version:
“I love cats,” said Jim.
“I love cats.” said Jim.
“I love cats” said Jim.
What is “I love cats,” said Jim.?
Complete: She is ___ breakfast at the moment. (conjugate "to serve")
What is serving?
What do rhetorical analysis essays focus on?
What is the HOW?