Literary Devices
A contrast between what appears to be real and what's real.
What is irony?
"She sells seashells by the seashore."
What is a alliteration?
When two or more words have the same ending sound, it is called this
What is rhyme?
is thought of as the sequence of events in your narrative
What is plot?
is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea..
What is a noun?
refers to an expression that has been overused to the extent that it loses its original meaning or novelty
What is cliche?
Life is a box of chocolates.
What is a metaphor?
words that are used within a poem repeatedly to express a certain point
What is repetition?
establishes the time, place, and environment in which the main characters or narrator operates.
What is setting?
a word used in place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Shows events from before the present time of the story, often to reveal a character's motives
What is a flashback?
What is an idiom?
Descriptive writing that appeals to any of our five senses
What is imagery/sensory language?
the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
What is the theme?
modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
What is an adverb?
Reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work or work of art.
What is an allusion?
A sizzling fire crackled in the fireplace.
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What is onomatopoeia?
Type of poem that follows no set pattern of rhyme or rhythm
What is Free Verse?
the biggest thing you are looking for, and the most challenging thing to figure out
What is climax?
joins words, phrases, or clauses.
What is conjunction?
an author's word choice?
What is diction?
The boys devoured the chocolate doughnut dropping rainbow sprinkles down their shirts.
What is imagery?
The alteration of stressed and unstressed syllables; beat
What is Meter?
the feeling the reader gets while reading the story
What is mood?
is a word placed before a noun or pronoun to form a phrase modifying another word in the sentence.
What is a preposition?