Literary Devices
Descriptive language that authors use to engage the human senses
What is imagery.
Scene within a narrative that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past
What is flashback?
Writing that aims to convince the reader about something
What is persuasive writing?
The key point the author wants to make
What is theme or central idea?
Tendency to see things from a slanted, one-sided point of view
What is bias?
The overall feeling that a literary work creates for the reader
What is mood?
The part of a plot in which the characters are introduced
What is exposition?
Writing that aims to describe, explain, or inform the reader about a topic
What is informative writing?
The author’s opinion about a specific issue
What is claim, position or stance?
The problem the main character must resolve as a result of a struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
The author’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject
What is tone?
The part of a plot in which the outcome of the conflict is revealed
What is the climax?
Writing that tells a story
What is narrative writing?
The way in which a writer regards a subject (shaped by knowledge, beliefs, and experiences)
What is point of view?
Using clues provided by the author and our own experiences to figure things out
What is an inference?
The use of clues hinting at events that are going to occur later in the plot of a narrative
What is foreshadowing?
Narrative structure in which the narrator presents events in the order in which they happened in time
What is chronological narrative structure?
Writing that describes someone or something using vivid details
What is descriptive writing?
Type of writing that presents a claim and supports it with evidence and reasoning
What is argumentative writing?
Using details from a story to take a guess at what will happen later
What is prediction?
Technique to create a dramatic question in the story that holds the reader’s attention as they wait for the outcome
What is suspense?
The events in a plot that increase the tension
What is the rising action?
Writing that could be a reality but is an exaggeration and futuristic.
What is science fiction?
Writing that aims to convince the reader of a certain point of view using an appeal to emotions
What is persuasive writing?
The process authors use to develop characters and create images of the characters for the audience by describing their speech, thoughts, actions, effects on others and their looks
What is characterization?