Literary Functions
Details that are used to evoke a sense.
To run quickly, scamper, hurry
The reappearance of the teacher caused the students in the class to _____ back to their sears.
What is Scurry?
Provides details or characteristics of something.
What is Description?
You're reading a book.
What is Reader's Point of View?
What genre is Little Red Riding Hood?
What is Fairy Tale?
Compare two things using like or as.
What is Simile?
Horrible, revolting, ghastly
The_____ crime rocked the ordinarily quiet neighborhood.
What is Gruesome?
Talks about similarities and differences between people, places, things, etc.
What are Compare and Contrast?
Point of view that uses "I" or "We".
What is First Person Point of View?
The conversation in a text.
What is Dialogue?
The choice of words.
What is Diction?
To approve, give formal approval to, confirm
The legislatures of three-fourths of the states must ___ an amendment to the constitution.
What is Ratify?
Describes an event and the effects that follow.
What are Couse and Effect?
Point of view that uses He, She, They, and It.
What is Third Person Point of View?
Name one of the story elements.
What is (plot, setting, conflict, resolution, or characters)?
Hints at what is about to happen and used to create suspense.
What is Foreshadowing?
Sad, without hope, discouraged
The doctor was ______ over the loss of his patient and dear friend.
What is Despondent?
What are Order and Sequence?
Point of view that uses You and You're.
What is Second Point of View?
Name one of the 3 elements of a poem?
What is (Rhyme, Scheme, or Meter)?
Referring to characters in other stories.
What is Allusion?
Falling apart or ruined, run-down
The old house had become so _____ that no one could live in it anymore.
What is Dilapidated?
What is Chronological?
Omniscient point of view, normally in Third Person.
What is the Narrator's Point of View?
What is There, Their, and They're?
Another example: Rain, Reign, Rein
What is Homophones?