Lit Devices
When an object, color, event, character, etc. represents something else.
Symbolism
A grouping of lines in a poem is called a _________.
Stanza
Semicolon
Simile
The hero/main character of a story is called the ____________.
Protagonist
The apple glistened in the morning sunlight. She could see the dazzling spectrum of colors reflected in the bright droplets of dew that clung to its deep red skin.
Imagery
Poetry that follows no typical structure or rules is known as ____________.
Free verse
Add the correct punctuation.
ELA is totally my favorite subject said Kim.
"ELA is totally my favorite subject," said Kim.
The moon was a smile in a starry sky.
Metaphor
Figurative Language
An exaggeration is known as ______________.
Hyperbole
In the memoir, Night, Elie recalls a woman that hallucinates great fires on the train to the concentration camps. This is an example of what literary device?
Foreshadowing
The narrator in a poem is called the _________.
Speaker
Place commas in the correct areas.
Uruguay which won the first FIFA world cup will play Venezuela later this year.
Uruguay, which won the first FIFA world cup, will play Venezuela later this year.
Mr. Vinette makes mischief mainly on Mondays.
Alliteration
Plot
The beginning of a story when the setting and characters are introduced is known as the _____________.
Exposition
This device is the feeling or atmosphere created for the reader by a piece of writing.
Mood
Two lines of poetry that end with the same rhyme are called a _________.
Couplet
Here is what we need at the grocery store ___ Eggs, milk, bread, and flour.
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The great mountains rose up to meet the adventurers as they reached the foothills.
Personification
Literary Devices
An author's specific word choice is known as __________.
Diction
What is the type of irony where the audience knows something that the characters don't know.
Verbal
Situational
Dramatic
Dramatic irony
The pattern of rhymes at the end of each verse or line in poetry such as ABA BCB CDC DED EE.
Rhyme Scheme
Edit the sentence
To complete our Egyptian mummy costumes Angela and I bought a 12 pack of toilet paper.
To complete our Egyptian mummy costumes, Angela and I bought a 12-pack of toilet paper.
The only things that could crack the principal's no- nonsense demeanor were viral cat videos. It was her Achilles heel. Her Kryptonite.
Allusion
A ____________ character changes throughout the course of a story.
Dynamic