Literary Devices
A comparison of two unalike things using "like" or "as."
What is a SIMILE?
The point in the narrative where the tension, excitement, or stakes reach the highest level.
What is the CLIMAX?
Identify the SUBJECT of the sentence:
Where are you from?
What is "you?"
The voice when the subject is the doer of the action.
What is ACTIVE VOICE?
Provide a synonym for "nonchalant."
What is...
uncaring, apathetic, unbothered, etc.
A comparison of two unalike things without using "like" or "as."
What is a METAPHOR?
An element of literature that introduces the key background information of a narrative.
What is the EXPOSITION?
Identify the PREDICATE in this sentence:
Where are you from?
What is "are?"
*This is a being verb functioning as the predicate.
Identify the VERB TENSE used in the sentence:
I am winning the Jeopardy game.
*BONUS POINTS for correctly identifying the verb!
What is PRESENT TENSE?
Bonus: What is "am winning?"
Provide an antonym for "concise."
What is...
lengthy, elaborative, expressive, wordy, etc.
The use of words, objects, people, marks, or locations to represent something beyond literal meaning in a text.
What is SYMBOLISM?
The act of creating and describing characters in literature.
Includes both descriptions of a character's physical attributes as well as the character's personality.
What is CHARACTERIZATION?
Identify which TYPE of sentence this is:
The students played bingo, and then the students played Jeopardy.
What is a COMPOUND SENTENCE?
Identify the verb MOOD in this sentence:
Where are you from?
What is INTERROGATIVE?
*Your options are...indicative, imperative, interrogative, subjunctive, and conditional.
Provide a synonym for "imperative."
What is...
important, vital, necessary, crucial, etc.
An indication of something that will happen in the future within a literary text.
What is FORESHADOWING?
The sequence of events in which each event affects the next one through the principle of cause-and-effect in a literary work, film, or other narrative.
What is PLOT?
Identify the DEPENDENT CLAUSE in the complex sentence:
Although it is April, we are still ready to work.
What is...
Although it is April,
*This clause depends on the other clause to make it a complete sentence.
Identify the verb VOICE in this sentence:
Where are you from?
What is "you?"
*The subject is the doer of the action in active voice.
Provide a synonym for "prevalent."
What is...
viral, widespread, dominant, overpowering, etc.
A situation in which there is a contrast between expectation and reality.
For example, the difference between what something appears to mean versus its literal meaning.
ex) sarcasm
What is IRONY?
A struggle that occurs between a character and an external force, such as another character, society, nature, or a situation.
What is EXTERNAL CONFLICT?
Identify which FORM this sentence is written in...
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What is IMPERATIVE?
*Your choices are...declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.
Flip this sentence into PASSIVE VOICE:
The students played a Jeopardy game.
What is...
The Jeopardy game was played by the students.
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
What is "anecdote?"