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Literary Devices
Literary Devices
This literary device gives human qualities to non-human objects or animal.
What is Personification
What is foreshadowing?
A hint or clue about what will happen later.
What is the central idea or message of a story called?
What is the theme?
The main character in a story is called the...
What is the protagonist?
Dialogue is...
What is the spoken words between characters?
“Her smile was as bright as the sun.”
What literary device is used?
What is simile?
“I’ve told you a million times.” Identify the device.
Hyperbole
What term describes the time and place of a story?
what is Setting?
The force working against the main character is called the...
What is the antagonist?
The feeling the reader gets from a text is called what?
What is mood?
“The stars danced playfully in the sky.”
What is personification?
What is flashback?
A scene that interrupts the story to show something from the past.
The sequence of events in a story is known as what?
What is plot?
What is characterization?
The method an author uses to develop characters.
Identify the tone: “The sun shone brightly, and laughter filled the air.”
What is joyful or cheerful?
A literary device:
A contradictory statement that contains truth, such as “less is more.”
What is a paradox?
“The wind whispered through the trees.” Name the device.
What is personification?
What literary element is defined as the struggle between opposing forces?
What is conflict?
Why is imagery important in storytelling?
It helps readers visualize scenes and connect emotionally.
How do word choice and imagery affect mood?
They set the emotional atmosphere by painting vivid scenes.
When the author uses historical references, it’s known as this device.
What is an allusion?
Write a sentence that uses both personification and a simile.
The car coughed like an old man on a cold morning
What are the five parts of a plot structure/ mountain?
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Identify the story element: “The turning point in a story where the conflict peaks.”
What is the climax?
Describe how an author might create a suspenseful mood.
By using short sentences, dark imagery, and cliffhangers.