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Author's Devices
View Point
Speaking figuratively
Etc.
Grab bag
100
Way an author uses words, sentence structure and figurative language.
What is style
100
Perspective from which a story is told.
What is view point.
100
Deliberate use and arrangement of words to create a special effect.
What is figurative language.
100
Phrase whose words have a different meaning than their individual meanings.
What is idiom.
100
Connection made between a text and one's own life, beliefs or ideas.
What is text to self.
200
Attitude or feeling an author has toward her subject. Tone can change a work.
What is tone.
200
The central character is the narrator. Uses "I", "me" and "we".
What is first person point of view.
200
Comparison between two things using "like" or "as".
What is simile
200
Intentional use of repeated words or phrases to add emphasis or create rhythm.
What is repetition.
200
Connection made between two texts.
What is text to text.
300
Atmosphere or feeling a literary work conveys to the reader.
What is mood.
300
Narrator is outside the story and focuses on interactions and thoughts of one central character.
What is third person limited point of view.
300
Comparison between two things that have a quality in common, but does not use "like" or "as". It states that one thing is something else.
What is metaphor.
300
Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words that are close together.
What is alliteration.
300
Connection made between a text and the larger world.
What is text to world.
400
Use of a person, place or object to stand for something other than itself.
What is symbolism.
400
Narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts and actions of all the characters.
What is omniscient point of view.
400
An extravagant exaggeration used by writers for emphasis.
What is hyperbole.
400
Gives human characteristics to animals, things, ideas.
What is personification.
400
Characters who are stereotypical and one-dimensional. They are simple with limited personality traits.
What are flat characters.
500
Story details that draw upon the senses to instill images in the reader's mind.
What are sensory details.
500
Narrator is a detached observer who tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue.
What is objective point of view.
500
Use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning.
What is onomatopoeia.
500
The use of clues early in a story to give hints about events that will happen later.
What is foreshadowing.
500
Characters who undergo change over the course of a story as a result of their experiences.
What are dynamic characters.