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 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 expository writing?
The author’s opinion about a specific issue
What is 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 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 guess 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?
A subgenre of writing in which the author supports his/her opinion about a specific piece of literature
What is Response to Literature?
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
What is characterization?