Literary Devices
This literary device is used to give human characteristics to non-human objects or ideas.
What is personification?
Identify the figurative language in the sentence: "The stars danced playfully in the sky."
What is personification?
What narrative technique is used when a story starts with a scene from the future before jumping back to the present?
What is a flashforward?
In literature, what does the color black often symbolize?
What is elegance, power, mystery, evil, death, and depressed?
This term describes the way authors express their ideas. It's how they say something, not what they say.
What is style?
This literary device uses exaggeration for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
In this figurative language technique, one thing is described as if it were something else, without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
What narrative technique is used to create tension at the end of a chapter or section, leaving the outcome uncertain?
What is a cliffhanger?
What does the color white symbolize?
What is innocence, safety, illumination, pure, and perfect?
This is the perspective from which a story is told, whether it's first-person, third-person limited, or third-person omniscient.
What is the point of view?
Identify the literary device in the phrase: "She sells seashells by the seashore."
What is alliteration?
This figurative language technique involves the use of words that imitate the sounds they describe.
What is onomatopoeia?
What narrative technique is used when a story starts in the middle of the action before going back to explain how it all began?
What is a flashback?
What does the color yellow symbolize?
What is joy, happiness, warmth, positivity, and intelligence?
The purpose of this term is to create suspense, feeling of unease, a sense of curiosity, or a mark that things may not be as they seem.
What is foreshadowing?
Identify the literary device in the phrase: "After the game, Jack felt like he had pulled off a Herculean feat by scoring the winning goal."
What is allusion?
This figurative language technique involves the direct comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This narrative technique involves the use of language that appeals to the five senses, helping readers to vividly imagine the scenes described.
What is imagery?
This color is often linked with royalty and luxury. It's also the name of a gemstone that's commonly associated with wealth.
What is purple?
This term describes the central struggle or problem that drives the plot forward, often involving the protagonist and antagonist.
What is the conflict?
Identify the literary device in the following line from Shakespeare's "Macbeth": "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player."
What is a metaphor?
This figurative language technique involves repetition of the sound of a vowel stressed syllables.
What is assonance?
This narrative technique involves the use of a word or phrase to represent something else, often used to create deeper meaning.
What is symbolism?
This color is often associated with jealousy and envy. In the phrase "green with ___," what emotion completes it?
What is envy?
The purpose of this term is to help reveal character traits, reveals relationships, can show tension between characters, and should move the story along.
What is character dialogue?