Figurative & Stylistic Devices
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is a plot?
Written conversation between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
A category in which a work of literature is classified, such as fiction or nonfiction.
What is genre?
The central point or most important idea of a text.
What is the main idea?
Words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true, such as idioms, similes, and metaphors.
What is figurative language?
The problem or issue that is being solved in a story.
What is conflict?
The way a writer creates and develops characters.
What is characterization?
A brief tale told to illustrate a moral or teach a lesson.
What is a fable?
The main point or message of a piece of writing.
What is the central idea?
An exaggeration for effect, not meant to be taken literally, such as "I had a ton of homework.
What is hyperbole?
The high point or turning point of a story, featuring the highest tension.
What is the climax?
Point of view where the narrator is part of the action and uses pronouns like I, we, me, and us.
What is first-person point of view?
A story that has been passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.
What is a folktale?
Main Idea or Moral or Lesson according to the type of writing.
What is theme?
Words whose sounds suggest their meaning, like "buzz" or "pop."
What is onomatopoeia?
An interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time.
What is a flashback?
Point of view where the narrator is not part of the action and uses pronouns like he, she, they, and them.
What is third-person point of view?
A story handed down from the past about a specific person, usually of heroic accomplishments, with some historical basis.
What is a legend?
The main point or argument the author wants to convince you of in a piece of writing.
What is the author's claim?
Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
What is personification?
When a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
Point of view where the narrator is not part of the action but knows all the characters' thoughts and feelings.
What is third-person omniscient point of view?
A traditional story that attempts to answer basic questions about human nature or the origins of the world.
What is a myth?
The main point or argument of an essay, usually stated in a short sentence telling the reader what you are trying to prove.
What is a thesis statement?