Literary Devices
Simile
What is comparing 2 unlike things using like or as?
Personification
What are inanimate objects taking on human characteristics?
A character within the story retells his or her own experiences or impressions
What is first person?
The main idea of a literary work
What is theme?
The action in the story leading to the climax
What is rising action?
Metaphor
What is comparing 2 unlike things?
Idiom
What is a saying that if taken literally, makes no sense?
The narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe every character's thoughts and interpret their behaviours.
What is third person omniscient?
The time and place in which a work of literature takes place.
What is setting?
Struggles or problems between opposing forces
What is conflict?
Alliteration
What are several words in a row whose first consonant sound is repeated?
Imagery
What is a description emphasizing one more of the 5 senses?
The story is from the perspective of "you"
What is second person?
The people in the story
What are characters?
The point of crisis in the plot. It may be the reader's point of highest interest.
What is the climax?
Hyperbole
What is an exaggeration?
Oxymoron
What are opposite words put together to form a unique meaning?
The narrator tells the story from the perspective of one character in the story.
What is third person limited?
The description of the personalities of the characters in the story.
What is characterization?
The action in the story after the climax is revealed
What is the falling action?
Onomatopoeia
What are words that imitate a sound?
Foreshadowing
What are words, phrases or events that hint or suggest to the reader what is going to happen in the story?
The narrator remains a detached observer telling only the story's action and dialogue
What is third person objective?
The part of the plot that tells how the story begins
What is exposition statement?
The part of the plot the reveals the final outcome
What is the resolution?