Literary Devices
This device gives human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
Meaning "able to bounce back quickly after difficulties".
What is resilient?
He wrote Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth.
Who is William Shakespeare?
The part of speech that shows action or state of being.
What is a verb?
The time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence.
What is alliteration?
to cause something to become worse or more intense.
What is exacerbate?
Author of The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This sentence type makes a command or request.
What is an imperative sentence?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
to mislead or deceive someone.
What is delude?
Known for Beloved and Song of Solomon.
Who is Toni Morrison?
A word that replaces a noun to avoid repetition.
What is a pronoun?
The central message or insight of a literary work.
What is theme?
When a story hints at events that will occur later.
What is foreshadowing?
Showing strong, passionate feelings.
What is fervent (or fervently)?
Wrote 1984 and Animal Farm.
Who is George Orwell?
The punctuation mark used to join two independent clauses with a conjunction.
What is a comma?
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
The main character's struggle against an outside force.
What is external conflict?
Showing unfair favor or advantage to one side.
What is biased?
This author is famous for The Catcher in the Rye.
Who is J.D. Salinger?
The grammatical term for a verb form that shows ongoing action.
What is the present participle?
A struggle within a character’s mind.
What is internal conflict?